18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
18 And Joseph H3130 said H559 unto his father, H1 Not so, my father: H1 for this is the firstborn; H1060 put H7760 thy right hand H3225 upon his head. H7218
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
18 and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this `is' the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'
18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.
18 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another.
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
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Commentary on Genesis 48 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 48
The time drawing nigh that Israel must die, having, in the former chapter, given order about his burial, in this he takes leave of his grand-children by Joseph, and in the next of all his children. Thus Jacob's dying words are recorded, because he then spoke by a spirit of prophecy; Abraham's and Isaac's are not. God's gifts and graces shine forth much more in some saints than in others upon their death-beds. The Spirit, like the wind, blows where it listeth. In this chapter,
Gen 48:1-7
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Gen 48:8-22
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