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


In Context

15 Then he blessed Joseph and said, "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

16 the Angel who has delivered me from all harm -may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly upon the earth."

17 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim's head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

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

19 But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations."

20 He blessed them that day and said, "In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' " So he put Ephraim ahead of 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 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.'

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.