Genesis 48:17

When Joseph saw his father place his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16the angel who has protected me from all harm, may he bless these boys. 1 May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. 1 May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”

18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head.”

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Cross References

Genesis 38:10What he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him also.

Numbers 11:1Now the people complained about their troubles as Yahweh listened. Yahweh heard the people and became angry. Fire from Yahweh burned among them and consumed some of the camp on its edges.

1 Samuel 16:7But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Do not look at his outward appearance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him. For Yahweh does not see as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks on the heart.”

1 Chronicles 21:7God was offended by this action, so he attacked Israel.

Romans 9:7Neither are all Abraham's descendants truly his children. But, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will be called.”

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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