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Genesis 48:14

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

KJV

Qui extendens manum dexteram, posuit super caput Ephraim minoris fratris : sinistram autem super caput Manasse qui major natu erat, commutans manus.

Vulgate

ἐκτείνας δὲ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν δεξιὰν ἐπέβαλεν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἐφράιμ, οὗτος δὲ ἦν ὁ νεώτερος, καὶ τὴν ἀριστερὰν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Μανασσή, ἐναλλὰξ τὰς χεῖρας.

LXX

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁלַח֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל אֶת יְמִינ֜/וֹ וַ/יָּ֨שֶׁת עַל רֹ֤אשׁ אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ וְ/ה֣וּא הַ/צָּעִ֔יר וְ/אֶת שְׂמֹאל֖/וֹ עַל רֹ֣אשׁ מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה שִׂכֵּל֙ אֶת יָדָ֔י/ו כִּ֥י מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה הַ/בְּכֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People ManassehEphraimManasseh

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּכ֣וֹר
bkvr
noun · 118×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
וֹ
v
noun · 54×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה
mnshh
proper_noun · 145×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צָּעִ֖יר
ts'yr
adjective · 24×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 19:20 — For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
  • Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 41:51 — And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
  • Gen 48:17 — And 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.
  • Num 2:18 — On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.