Genesis 48:17

Easy To Read Version

Joseph saw that his father put his right hand on Ephraim’s head. This didn’t make Joseph happy. Joseph took his father’s hand. He wanted to move it from Ephraim’s head and put it on Manasseh’s head.

Cross References

Genesis 28:8

Esau saw from this that his father did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.

Genesis 38:10

This made the Lord angry. So the Lord killed Onan also.

Genesis 48:14

But Israel crossed his hands and put his right hand on the head of the younger boy Ephraim. Then Israel put his left hand on the head of the older boy Manasseh. He had his left hand on Manasseh, even though Manasseh was firstborn.

Genesis 48:18

Joseph said to his father, “You have your right hand on the wrong boy. Manasseh is the firstborn. Put your right hand on him!”

1 Kings 16:25

Omri did the things that the Lord said were wrong. Omri was worse than all the kings that were before him.

1 Chronicles 21:7

David had done a bad thing in God’s sight. So God punished Israel.

Proverbs 24:18

If you do, the Lord will see this, and the Lord will not be happy with you. Then the Lord might help your enemy.

Numbers 11:1

The people started complaining about their troubles. The Lord heard their complaints. The Lord heard these things and became angry. Fire from the Lord burned among the people. The fire burned some of the areas at the edge of the camp.

Numbers 22:34

Then Balaam said to the Lord’s angel, “I have sinned. I did not know that you were standing in the road. If I am doing wrong, then I will go back home.”

Joshua 17:1

Then land was given to the family group of Manasseh. Manasseh was Joseph’s first son. Manasseh’s first son was Makir, the father of Gilead. [61] Makir was a great soldier, so the areas of Gilead and Bashan were given to the Makir family.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Eliab is tall and handsome. But don’t think about things like that. God does not look at the things people see. People look only at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at his heart. Eliab is not the right man.”