Genesis 48:18
“And Ioseph saide vnto his father, Not so my father: for this is the first borne; put thy right hand vpon his head.”
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Genesis 48:18 Context
16The Angel which redeemed mee from all euill, blesse the laddes, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17And when Ioseph saw that his father laide his right hand vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held vp his fathers hand, to remoue it from Ephraims head, vnto Manassehs head. 18And Ioseph saide vnto his father, Not so my father: for this is the first borne; put thy right hand vpon his head. 19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my sonne, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truely his yonger brother shall be greater then he; and his seede shall become a multitude of nations. 20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel blesse, saying, God make thee as Ephraim, and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
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And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
- King James Version
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head."
- New American Standard Version (1995)