Genesis 48:18
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 19:18 : 18 And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord;
- Gen 27:15 : 15 And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:
- Gen 29:26 : 26 And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.
- Gen 43:33 : 33 And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of the others. And they took wine freely with him.
- Gen 49:3 : 3 Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:
- Exod 10:11 : 11 Not so; but let your males go and give worship to the Lord, as your desire is. This he said, driving them out from before him.
- Matt 25:9 : 9 But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.
- Acts 10:14 : 14 But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.
- Acts 11:8 : 8 But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.
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- Gen 48:8-1710 verses91%
8Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?
9And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.
10Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.
11And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.
12Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.
13Then taking Ephraim with his right hand, Joseph put him at Israel's left side, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Israel's right side, placing them near him.
14And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.
15And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,
16The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
17Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.
- Gen 48:19-213 verses81%
19But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.
20So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
21Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.
- 1 Chr 5:1-22 verses76%
1And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.
2Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)
- Gen 48:1-22 verses76%
1Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
2And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.
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26Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.
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5And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.
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7Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.
- Gen 41:51-522 verses73%
51And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.
52And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.
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1And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.
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23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.
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11And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.
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2He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
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29And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;
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28The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
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3Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
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17But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.
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16The good things of the earth and all its wealth, the good pleasure of him who was seen in the burning tree: may they come on the head of Joseph, on the head of him who was prince among his brothers.
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9Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:
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16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,
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28Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.
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36And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
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5And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.
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26And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.
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17Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.
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10And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
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31And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;