Ambrose of Milan : Ten thousand, he said, Ephraim, and thousands of Manasseh (Deut. XXXIII, 17), that is, he should rule over both the Jews and the Gentiles, and acquire for himself the fullness of the Church from both peoples. — On the Blessings of the Patriarchs, Chapter XI Augustine of Hippo : When Moses blesses Joseph, he says, among other things: Firstborn of the bull his beauty. This is not to be understood as if he had said: firstborn of the bull, but, being the firstborn, his beauty is that of the bull. It is understood as a figure of the Lord, because of the horns of the cross. <div — QUESTIONS ON DEUTERONOMY, Q. 57 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)