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Passage Lookup: Genesis 48:17-19

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Genesis 48:17
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When Joseph saw that his father (C1)placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
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Genesis 48:18
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And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head."
Genesis 48:19
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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 (C1)his (F1)descendants shall become (F2)a multitude of nations."
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