Genesis 48:14

48:14 Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. ¹  Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:17-18

48:17 When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him. ²  So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 48:18 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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¹ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-concessive here.

² tn Heb “it was bad in his eyes.”