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

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.

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

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