Genesis 48:18

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The 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.

In Context

17And when Joseph saw that his father was laying 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.

19And 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; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.'

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Cross References

Genesis 19:18And Lot said unto them: 'Oh, not so, my lord;

Genesis 29:26And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

Genesis 49:3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the first-fruits of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 48:9-22

Jacob Blesses the Sons of Joseph; Jacob's Dying Prophecy. ( b. c. 1689.) 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God… Read the whole commentary →

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