GENESIS 48:17

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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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.”

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Genesis 48:17 Translation & Meaning

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And when Joseph יוֹסֵ֗ף Joseph, the name of seven Israelites Joseph
saw וַיַּ֣רְא To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) saw
that כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed that
his father אָבִ֧יו Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
laid יָשִׁ֨ית To place (in a very wide application) laid
his right יְמִינ֛וֹ The right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south right
hand יַד A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hand
upon עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
the head רֹ֥אשׁ The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) head
of Ephraim, אֶפְרַ֖יִם Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory Ephraim
it displeased וַיֵּ֣רַע Properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e., (figuratively) to fear displeased
him: and he held up וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְ To sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close held up
his father's אָבִ֗יו Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application fathers
hand, יַד A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hand
to remove לְהָסִ֥יר To turn off (literally or figuratively) remove
it from מֵעַ֥ל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications it from
Ephraim's אֶפְרַ֖יִם Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory Ephraims
head רֹאשׁ The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) head
unto עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications unto
Manasseh's מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory Manassehs
head. רֹ֥אשׁ The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) head

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  • 15  And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

  • 16  The Angel which 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; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

  • 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.

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

  • 19  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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