Genesis 48:17

New Living Translation

But Joseph was upset when he saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head. So Joseph lifted it to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

Cross References

Genesis 28:8

It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.

Genesis 38:10

But the Lord considered it evil for Onan to deny a child to his dead brother. So the Lord took Onan’s life, too.

Genesis 48:14

But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys’ heads. He put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, though he was the younger boy, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, though he was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:18

“No, my father,” he said. “This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

1 Kings 16:25

But Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, even more than any of the kings before him.

1 Chronicles 21:7

God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.

Proverbs 24:18

For the Lord will be displeased with you and will turn his anger away from them.

Numbers 11:1

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 22:34

Then Balaam confessed to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned. I didn’t realize you were standing in the road to block my way. I will return home if you are against my going.”

Romans 9:11

But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God. (This message shows that God chooses people according to his own purposes;

Joshua 17:1

The next allotment of land was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph’s older son. Makir, the firstborn son of Manasseh, was the father of Gilead. Because his descendants were experienced soldiers, the regions of Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan had already been given to them.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”