Genesis 48:18 - Plain English Version18 And Joseph said to Jacob, “Father, don’t put your right hand on my younger son’s head. Look, here is my older son. Put your right hand on his head.” Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176918 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition18 And Joseph said, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible18 Joseph said to his father, “No, my father! This is the oldest son. Put your right hand on his head.” Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version18 And he said to his father: "It should not have come to pass this way, father. For this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand over his head." Ver Capítulo |
And Joseph got his brothers to sit together. He got his oldest brother to sit down first, and he got his 2nd oldest brother to sit down next, and then he kept on doing that with all his brothers, and he got his youngest brother to sit down last. So all his brothers were sitting down in order of their age, from the oldest to the youngest. Joseph’s brothers were shocked. They thought, “That man knows how old we all are. How does he know that?”
While Jacob said all those things, he had his right hand on Ephraim’s head, and he had his left hand on Manasseh’s head. But Joseph wanted Jacob to put his right hand on Manasseh, because he was the older son. So Joseph got upset, and he tried to move Jacob’s right hand from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
But Jacob didn’t move his hand. He said, “No, my son. I know for sure that I’m doing the right thing. Listen, your older son will have a big family, and they will become an important tribe. But your younger son will be more important than your older son. He will have a really big family, and later on, his tribe will be really big and really important.”