¹⁷ Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.

¹⁴ And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.

¹¹ Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

⁷ And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

⁸ That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

¹⁸ For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

⁷ And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

²⁵ And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

³⁴ And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have done wrong, for I did not see that you were in the way against me: but now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will go back again.

¹ Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

¹⁰ And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

⁸ It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,