Genesis 48:18
Genesis chapter 48 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
Context
v.17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
v.18This passage
v.19And 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: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:3
Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
- Acts 10:14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.
- Exodus 10:11
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve Jehovah; for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
- Genesis 27:15
And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son;
- Genesis 29:26
And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.
- Matthew 25:9
But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.