New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 48:17-18

17When Josephיוֹסֵ֗ףyo.SefH3130sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that his fatherאָבִ֧יו'a.VivH1laidיָשִׁ֨יתya.ShitH7896his rightיְמִינ֛וֹye.mi.NoH3225handיַד־yad-H3027on Ephraim’sאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669headרֹ֥אשׁroshH7218,it displeasedוַיֵּ֣רַעvai.Ye.ra'H7489him; and he graspedוַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְvai.yit.MokhH8551his father’sאָבִ֗יו'a.VivH1handיַד־yad-H3027to removeלְהָסִ֥ירle.ha.SirH5493it from Ephraim’sאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669headרֹאשׁ־rosh-H7218to Manasseh’sמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃me.na.ShehH4519headרֹ֥אשׁroshH7218.

18Josephיוֹסֵ֛ףyo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1, “Not soכֵ֣ןkhenH3651,my fatherאָבִ֑י'a.ViH1,for thisH2088oneH2088is the firstbornהַבְּכֹ֔רha.be.KhorH1060.Placeשִׂ֥יםsimH7760your rightיְמִינְךָ֖ye.mi.ne.KhaH3225handH3225on his headרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ro.ShoH7218.”

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