Genesis 48:18

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 19:18

“Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged.

Genesis 27:15

Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.

Genesis 29:26

“It’s not our custom here to marry off a younger daughter ahead of the firstborn,” Laban replied.

Genesis 43:33

Joseph told each of his brothers where to sit, and to their amazement, he seated them according to age, from oldest to youngest.

Genesis 48:17

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.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused. “I know, my son; I know,” he replied. “Manasseh will also become a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

Genesis 49:3

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first in rank and first in power.

Exodus 10:11

Never! Only the men may go and worship the Lord, since that is what you requested.” And Pharaoh threw them out of the palace.

Matthew 25:9

“But the others replied, ‘We don’t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.’

Acts 10:14

“No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.”

Acts 11:8

“‘No, Lord,’ I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean.’