Genesis 48:18

In 11 translations

BSB

“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

KJV

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

WEB

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

ASV

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

LSV

and Joseph says to his father, “Not so, my father, for this [is] the firstborn; set your right hand on his head.”

YLT

and Joseph saith unto his father, 'Not so, my father, for this [is] the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'

DBY

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.

DRC

And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head.

GNV

And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head.

JPS

And Joseph said unto his father: 'Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.'

LXXE

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, father; for this is the first-born; lay thy right-hand upon his head.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶל־אָבִ֖יו לֹא־כֵ֣ן אָבִ֑י כִּי־זֶ֣ה הַבְּכֹ֔ר שִׂ֥ים יְמִינְךָ֖ עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, οὐχ οὕτως, πατὴρ, οὗτος γὰρ ὁ πρωτότοκος· ἐπίθες τὴν δεξιάν σου ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 19:18But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
• Genesis 49:3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
• Genesis 29:26Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
• Genesis 27:15And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
• Exodus 10:11No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
• Genesis 43:33They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
• Acts 10:14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
• Matthew 25:9‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
• Acts 11:8‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

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