Optional parental preparation:

1. In your family, does the father bless his sons and daughters nightly, or on Sha•bâtꞋ, accordingly?

2. Translation: "May Ël•oh•imꞋ place you^{masc. sing.} like [He has] Ë•phᵊr•aꞋyim and like [He has] Mᵊnash•ëhꞋ."

   From this, the feminine is derived to bless daughters: יְשִׂמֵך אֱלֹהִים כְּשָׂרָה, רִבְקָה, רָחֵל וְלֵאָה – Translation: "May Ël•oh•imꞋ place you^{fem. sing.} like SârꞋâh, RiꞋvᵊq•âh, Râ•kheilꞋ and LeiꞋâh." 

3. Egyptian heqa (l) & שְׂכֶם (r) scepters

   Reference to the first capital city of the 10 Breakaway Tribes in the Shom•ronꞋ doesn't seem to fit the context. ŌꞋnᵊqᵊlōs translates this into Aramaic as חוּלָק, which may corroborate the meaning of "שְׁכֶם" as the choice shoulder portion. However, vowels weren't introduced into the text until the Masoretes (c 7^th century C.E. at the earliest). Since they were living in Egypt, and Yo•seiphꞋ was the Deputy-Par•ohꞋ of all Egypt – and seemed, to the Egyptians, to divinely control the seasons, weather and sky, perhaps the intention was שְׂכֶם. A play on these two words might also have been the original intent, lost in the 7-10^th centuries C.E. when the introduction of vowels eliminated the Egyptian term. 

Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:

1. What does bequeathal mean?

2. What is a (cultural, scientific, etc.) convention?