Genesis 48:18

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; this one is the eldest; put your right hand upon his head.”

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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

17But when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he seized his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

19But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know, he also will become a people, and he will be great, but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a populous nation.”

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Cross References

Genesis 19:18But Lot said to them, “Oh, sirs, not so!

Genesis 29:26Laban said, “It is not the custom among us to give the younger in marriage before the older.

Genesis 49:3Reuben you are my firstborn, my strength and the first-fruit of my manhood. First in dignity and strength.

Matthew 25:9But the prudent ones answered ‘No, There may not be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell it, and buy for yourselves.’

Acts 11:8‘No, Lord, I cannot,’ I answered, ‘for nothing defiled or unclean has ever passed my lips.’

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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