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Genesis 48:18 KJV
Genesis · chapter 48 · verse 18
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.Genesis 48:18 · King James Version
Genesis 48:18 in context
16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- firstbornbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- handyâmîynthe right hand or side of a person or other objectH3225 →
- putsûwmto putH7760 →
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Here is, I. The blessing with which Jacob blessed the two sons of Joseph, which is the more remarkable because the apostle makes such particular mention of it (Heb 11:21), while he says nothing of the blessing which Jacob pronounced on the rest of his sons, though that also was done in faith. Observe here, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-22