Genesis 48:18

Ephraim's Greater Blessing

¹⁷ When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. ¹⁸ Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.” ¹⁹ But his 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 shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

My Father

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Genesis 19:18

But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!

Genesis 27:15

Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

Genesis 29:26

But Laban said, “It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn.

Genesis 43:33

Now they were seated before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.

Genesis 49:3

“Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and the beginning of my strength,
Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

Exodus 10:11

Not so! Go now, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desire.” So they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

Matthew 25:9

But the prudent answered, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’

Acts 10:14

But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.”

Acts 11:8

But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’