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


In Context

15 And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, 'God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:

16 the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.'

17 And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh;

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

19 And his father refuseth, and saith, 'I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'

20 and he blesseth them in that day, saying, 'By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;' and he setteth 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 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.