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When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
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Verse 17. Displeased; (graviter accepit,) was grieved to see the elder son neglected; and, thinking it might possibly proceed from a mistake, as his father’s eyes were so dim that he did not know them, (verse 8,) he ventured to suggest his sentiments to his father; but acquiesced in his decision. Bible.—The greatest prophets are not always under actual inspiration. Calmet.
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