בְּכ֨וֹר שׁוֹר֜וֹ הָדָ֣ר ל֗וֹ וְקַרְנֵ֤י רְאֵם֙ קַרְנָ֔יו בָּהֶ֗ם עַמִּ֛ים יְנַגַּ֥ח יַחְדָּ֖ו אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְהֵם֙ רִבְב֣וֹת אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְהֵ֖ם אַלְפֵ֥י מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ (ס)
Ang kanyang panganay na toro, kamahalan ay nasa kanya, at ang kanyang mga sungay ay mga sungay ng mailap na toro; sa pamamagitan ng mga ito ay susuwagin niya ang mga bayan, nang sabay-sabay, hanggang sa mga dulo ng lupa; at sila ang mga laksa-laksa ng Efraim, at sila ang mga libu-libo ng Manases.
Zohar
Since they brought it on you and did good things for you, you have suffered for their sakes many troubles so that Messiah the son of Joseph shall not be killed, of whom it says, "the face of an ox on the left side" (Ezekiel 1:10), who is a descendant of Joseph, of whom it says, "The firstling of his herd, grandeur is his" (Deuteronomy 33:17). That is because he and his descendants shall not be violated among the heathen nations because of the sin of Jeroboam who worshiped idols, for which he and his seed were to be violated among the idol worshiping nations. For Jeroboam the son of Nevat is a descendant of Joseph and it is because of him that it says of you, "But he was wounded because of our transgressions and by his injury we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5).