Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
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- KJV And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
- BSB “Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- NKJV And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- NASB And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”
- NLT “No, my father,” he said. “This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Exod 10:11Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for that is what you desire!” They were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
- Acts 11:8But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
- Acts 10:14But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
- Gen 27:15Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
- Gen 49:3“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
- Gen 19:18Lot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord.
- Gen 43:33They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.
- Gen 29:26Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
- Matt 25:9But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’
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