Genesis 48:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 48:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יוֹסֵ֛ף
Yôwçêph
H3130
Joseph
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אָבִ֖יו
ʼâb
H1
father
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
כֵ֣ן
kên
H3651
thus
אָבִ֑י
ʼâb
H1
father
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
זֶ֣ה
zeh
H2088
this
הַבְּכֹ֔ר
bᵉkôwr
H1060
firstborn
שִׂ֥ים
sûwm
H7760
to put
יְמִינְךָ֖
yâmîyn
H3225
right hand
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
רֹאשֽׁוֹ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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King James Version Public Domain
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, because that the firstborn son. Put your right hand on his head.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).