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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 48, Verse 18

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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.
King James Version
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
American Standard Version
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
New English Translation
Joseph said to his father,“Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
World English Bible
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
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And 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.
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And 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.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the last days.
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Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
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Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch.
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Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.
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O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.