Genesis 48:18
World English Bible (WEB)
Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
In context
16 the angel who has 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. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18 Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
19 His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
20 He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis 48:18 in every translation
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.