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Genesis 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.

KJV

Videns autem Joseph quod posuisset pater suus dexteram manum super caput Ephraim, graviter accepit : et apprehensam manum patris levare conatus est de capite Ephraim, et transferre super caput Manasse.

Vulgate

ἰδὼν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ὅτι ἐπέβαλεν ὁ πατὴρ τὴν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἐφράιμ, βαρὺ αὐτῷ κατεφάνη· καὶ ἀντελάβετο Ἰωσὴφ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἀφελεῖν αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς Ἐφράιμ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Μανασσή.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֣רְא יוֹסֵ֗ף כִּי יָשִׁ֨ית אָבִ֧י/ו יַד יְמִינ֛/וֹ עַל רֹ֥אשׁ אֶפְרַ֖יִם וַ/יֵּ֣רַע בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/ו וַ/יִּתְמֹ֣ךְ יַד אָבִ֗י/ו לְ/הָסִ֥יר אֹתָ֛/הּ מֵ/עַ֥ל רֹאשׁ אֶפְרַ֖יִם עַל רֹ֥אשׁ מְנַשֶּֽׁה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JosephManassehEphraimManassehJosephJosephJoseph

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה
mnshh
proper_noun · 145×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
תוֹמֵ֥ךְ
tvmk
verb · 21×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 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.
  • Rom 9:7 — Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.