Genesis 48:18 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yosef said to his father, *Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joseph said, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head. American Standard Version (1901) And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. Common English Bible Joseph said to his father, “No, my father! This is the oldest son. Put your right hand on his head.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to his father: "It should not have come to pass this way, father. For this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand over his head." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head. |
Rivka took the good clothes of Esav, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Ya`akov, her younger son.
Lavan said, *It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.
When Yosef saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Efrayim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Efrayim's head to Menasheh's head.
His father refused, and said, *I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations.*
*Re'uven, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what you desire!* They were driven out from Par`oh's presence.
But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
But Kefa said, *Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.*
But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'