Genesis 48:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
Joseph said to him, "No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."

New Living Translation
“No, my father,” he said. “This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

English Standard Version
And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”

Berean Study Bible
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

New American Standard Bible
And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”

NASB 1995
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head."

NASB 1977
And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the first-born. Place your right hand on his head.”

Amplified Bible
Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn; place your right hand on Manasseh’s head.”

Christian Standard Bible
Joseph said to his father, “Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Joseph said to his father, "Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head."

Contemporary English Version
Joseph said, "Father, you have made a mistake. This is the older boy. Put your right hand on him."

Good News Translation
He said to his father, "Not that way, father. This is the older boy; put your right hand on his head."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then he said to his father, "That's not right, Father! This is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head."

International Standard Version
"No, father, this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head."

NET Bible
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

New King James Version
And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

King James 2000 Bible
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.

New Heart English Bible
And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one 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."

American King James Version
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on 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.

A Faithful Version
And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head."

Darby Bible Translation
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.

English Revised Version
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so my father, for this is the first borne: put thy right hande vpon his head.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
& sayde vnto him: Not so my father, this is ye firstborne, laye yi right hade vpo his heade.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and sayde vnto his father: Not so my father for this is the eldest. Put thy right hande apon his head.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and Joseph says to his father, “Not so, my father, for this [is] the firstborn; set your right hand on his head.”

Young's Literal Translation
and Joseph saith unto his father, 'Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Joseph will say to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the first- born, put thy right hand upon his head.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said to his father: “It should not have come to pass this way, father. For this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand over his head.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Yoseph said to his father, “It is not in this way, my father, but this is the first born; lay your right hand on his head.”

Lamsa Bible
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put your right hand upon his head.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Joseph said unto his father: 'Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, father; for this is the first-born; lay thy right-hand upon his head.
















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