Verse 17
Genesis 48:17
Noah Webster Bible
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And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he lifted his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֣רְא יוֹסֵ֗ף כִּי יָשִׁ֨ית אָבִ֧י/ו יַד יְמִינ֛/וֹ עַל רֹ֥אשׁ אֶפְרַ֖יִם וַ/יֵּ֣רַע בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/ו וַ/יִּתְמֹ֣ךְ יַד אָבִ֗י/ו לְ/הָסִ֥יר אֹתָ֛/הּ מֵ/עַ֥ל רֹאשׁ אֶפְרַ֖יִם עַל רֹ֥אשׁ מְנַשֶּֽׁה
English Translation
And Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, and it displeased him, and he supported his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to the head of Manasseh.
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Chapter 48 Context
1
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he too...
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And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee: and Israel strengthened himself...
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3
And Jacob said to Joseph, God (Elohim) Almighty appeared to me at Luz, in the land of Canaan, and bl...
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4
And said to me, Behold I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multi...
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And now, thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I ca...
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And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name o...
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And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet...
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8
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
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And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God (Elohim) hath given me in this place. And...
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10
(Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see:) And he brought them near to him...
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11
And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and lo, God (Elohim) hath shown me als...
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12
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his...
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14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and h...
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15
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God (Elohim), before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, th...
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16
The angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and...
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17
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him:...
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And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upo...
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19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and h...
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And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God (Elohim) make thee as...
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And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; but God (Elohim) shall be with you, and bring you again to...
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Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Am...
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