51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

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51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”[a]

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  1. Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget

51 Joseph named the firstborn [a]Manasseh; “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all of my father’s household.”

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  1. Genesis 41:51 I.e., making to forget