Genesis 48:18
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 19:18 : 18 Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.
- Gen 27:15 : 15 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
- Gen 29:26 : 26 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first born.
- Gen 43:33 : 33 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.
- Gen 49:3 : 3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
- Exod 10:11 : 11 Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for that is what you desire!" They were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
- Matt 25:9 : 9 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
- Acts 10:14 : 14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
- Acts 11:8 : 8 But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 48:8-1710 verses91%
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."
17When 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.
- Gen 48:19-213 verses81%
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.
- 1 Chr 5:1-22 verses76%
1The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
2For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
- Gen 48:1-22 verses76%
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.
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26The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Above the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
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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.
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7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Gen 41:51-522 verses73%
51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,{"Manasseh" sounds like the Hebrew for "forget."} "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
52The name of the second, he called Ephraim{"Ephraim" sounds like the Hebrew for "twice fruitful."}: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
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1Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.
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23Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.
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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.
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2He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
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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,
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28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
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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.
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17but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
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16For the precious things of the earth and the fullness of it, 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.
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9Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.
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16They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,
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28He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
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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."
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5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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26Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first born.
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17He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
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10He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?"
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31Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.