Genesis 48:18

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 19:18

But Lot said to the two men, “Sirs, please don’t force me to run so far!

Genesis 27:15

Then Rebekah took the clothes that her older son Esau loved to wear. Rebekah put those clothes on the younger son Jacob.

Genesis 29:26

Laban said, “In our country we do not allow the younger daughter to marry before the older daughter.

Genesis 43:33

Joseph’s brothers sat at a table in front of him. The brothers were sitting in order, from the oldest brother to the youngest. All the brothers kept looking at each other, wondering what was happening.

Genesis 48:17

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.

Genesis 48:19

But his father argued and said, “I know, son. I know. Manasseh is the firstborn. And he will be great. He will also be the father of many people. But the younger brother will be greater than the older brother. And the younger brother’s family will be much larger.”

Genesis 49:3

“Reuben, my first son, you are my first child, the first proof of my power as a man. You were the most honored and powerful of all my sons.

Exodus 10:11

The men can go worship the Lord. That is what you asked for in the beginning. But all of your people can’t go.” Then Pharaoh sent Moses and Aaron away.

Matthew 25:9

“The wise girls answered, ‘No! The oil we have might not be enough for all of us. But go to the people that sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

Acts 10:14

But Peter said, “I would never do that, Lord! I have never eaten food that is unholy or not pure.”

Acts 11:8

But I said, ‘I would never do that, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is unholy or not pure.’