Genesis 48:18
King James Version (KJV)
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
In context
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; 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.
17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis 48:18 in every translation
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.