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.


In Context

15 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day;

16 The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

17 And Joseph seeing that his father had put his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, was much displeased: and taking his father's hand he tried to lift it from Ephraims head, and to remove it to the head of Manasses.

18 And 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.

19 But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations.

20 And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed, and it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses.

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 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.'

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.