Kejadian 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.

Kejadian 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.”

[48:14]  ¹ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-concessive here.

[48:17]  ² tn Heb “it was bad in his eyes.”