18And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.


In Context

15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long to this day,

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 middle of the earth.

17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on 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 you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:18Joseph said to him, "No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:18And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the first- born, put thy right hand upon his head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18Joseph said to his father, |Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18and Joseph saith unto his father, 'Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'