Genesis 48:17

World English Bible (2000)

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

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  • Gen 48:14 : 14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and Yahweh's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
  • Num 22:34 : 34 Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, "I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again."
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
  • 1 Kgs 16:25 : 25 Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
  • 1 Chr 21:7 : 7 God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
  • Prov 24:18 : 18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called." 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
  • Gen 28:8 : 8 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.
  • Gen 38:10 : 10 The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he killed him also.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 48:18-21
    4 verses
    91%

    18Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."

    19His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."

    20He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh.

    21Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 48:8-16
    9 verses
    87%

    8Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"

    9Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."

    10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

    11Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also."

    12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

    13Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.

    14Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

    15He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

    16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

  • Gen 48:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

    2Someone told Jacob, and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to you," and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.

  • Gen 49:26
    75%

    26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

  • Gen 50:23
    75%

    23Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.

  • Gen 47:7
    73%

    7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    73%

    2For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

  • Isa 9:21
    73%

    21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Gen 50:1
    73%

    1Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.

  • Gen 48:5
    72%

    5Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

  • Deut 33:16
    72%

    16for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let [the blessing] come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

  • Gen 37:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

    4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

  • Gen 47:29
    72%

    29The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,

  • Num 26:28
    72%

    28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 41:51
    72%

    51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."

  • Gen 47:11
    71%

    11Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

  • Gen 27:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

    23He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

  • Gen 46:28
    71%

    28He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 27:41
    71%

    41Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."

  • Gen 33:2
    71%

    2He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

  • Acts 7:9
    70%

    9"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

  • Gen 42:36
    70%

    36Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."