Genesis 48:18

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 19:18

Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords!

Genesis 27:15

Then Rebekah took the best clothes belonging to her older son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

Genesis 29:26

Then Laban said, “It is not the custom in our country to marry off the younger before the firstborn.

Genesis 43:33

They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.

Genesis 48:17

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

Genesis 48:19

His father refused and said, “I know it, my son, I know it. He will also become a people, and he will also be great, but truly his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

Genesis 49:3

Reuben, you are 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, you that are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desire.” Then they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

Matthew 25:9

“The wise answered, ‘No, lest there not be enough for us and you. Go rather to those who sell it, and buy some for yourselves.’

Acts 10:14

Peter said, “Not at all, Lord. For I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”

Acts 11:8

“I said, ‘Not at all, Lord. For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’