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Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

Genesis 48:18 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૪૮:૧૮
યૂસફે પિતાને કહ્યું, “મારા પિતા, એમ નહિ; કેમ કે મનાશ્શા જ્યેષ્ઠ છે. તેના માથા પર તારો જમણો હાથ મૂક.”
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ४८:१८
और यूसुफ ने अपने पिता से कहा, “हे पिता, ऐसा नहीं; क्योंकि जेठा यही है; अपना दाहिना हाथ इसके सिर पर रख।”

In context

16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

19His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”

20He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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