Genesis 48:18

“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

World English Bible

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

American Standard Version

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head.

Darby Translation

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.

Young's Literal Translation

and Joseph saith unto his father, 'Not so, my father, for this [is] the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'

Bible in Basic English

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.

In context

17When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

19But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

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