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


In Context

15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,

16 the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land!

17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of 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 thy right hand on his head.

19 But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and 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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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