Genesis 48:17

New English Translation

When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

Cross References

Genesis 28:8

Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac.

Genesis 38:10

What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him too.

Genesis 48:14

Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:18

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

1 Kings 16:25

Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.

1 Chronicles 21:7

God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

Proverbs 24:18

lest the Lord see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

Numbers 11:1

When the people complained, it displeased the Lord. When the Lord heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.

Numbers 22:34

Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood against me in the road. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back home.”

Romans 9:11

even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) –

Joshua 17:1

The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”