Genesis · Bereshit

Genesis 48:17

וַיַּרְא יוֹסֵף כִּי יָשִׁית אָבִיו
King James Version (KJV)

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

Modern English

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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