Genesis 38:28

38:28 While she was giving birth, one child ¹  put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”

Genesis 48:14

48:14 Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. ²  Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:17

48:17 When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him. ³  So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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¹ tn The word “child” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-concessive here.

³ tn Heb “it was bad in his eyes.”