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Genesis 41:51-53
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Genesis 41:51-53
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51 Joseph named the first son Manasseh.[a] He was given this name because Joseph said, “God made me forget all my hard work and everything back home in my father’s house.” 52 Joseph named the second son Ephraim.[b] Joseph gave him this name because he said, “I had great troubles, but God has made me successful in everything.”
The Famine Begins
53 For seven years people had all the food they needed, but those years ended.
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- Genesis 41:51 Manasseh This is like the Hebrew word meaning “to forget.”
- Genesis 41:52 Ephraim This name is like the Hebrew word meaning “twice fruitful.”
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