Genesis 48:18

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Acts 11:8

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

Acts 10:14

But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”

Matthew 25:9

But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’

Exodus 10:11

Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

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.

Genesis 43:33

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

Genesis 29:26

And Laban said, “It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Genesis 27:15

Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

Genesis 19:18

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

Genesis 48:17

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

Genesis 48:19

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