Genesis 48:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Joseph said to his father, “No, my father! This is the oldest son. Put your right hand on his head.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ 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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ 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.

Genesis 48:18 Cross References

Genesis 19:18

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:

Genesis 27:15

And Rebekah took the goodly raiment of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

Genesis 29:26

And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Genesis 43:33

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one with another.

Genesis 48:17

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

Genesis 48:19

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Genesis 49:3

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

Exodus 10:11

Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

Matthew 25:9

But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

Acts 10:14

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

Acts 11:8

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.