Genesis 41:50-52
English Standard Version
50 Before the year of famine came, (A)two sons were born to Joseph. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore them to him. 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] 52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has (B)made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”[b]
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- Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget
- Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful
Genesis 41:50-52
New American Standard Bible
The Sons of Joseph
50 Now before the year of famine came, (A)two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of [a]On, bore to him. 51 Joseph named the firstborn [b]Manasseh; “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all of my father’s household.” 52 And he named the second [c]Ephraim; “For,” he said, “(B)God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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- Genesis 41:50 Or Heliopolis
- Genesis 41:51 I.e., making to forget
- Genesis 41:52 I.e., fruitfulness
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