50 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.(A) 51 Joseph named his firstborn(B) Manasseh[a](C) and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” 52 The second son he named Ephraim[b](D) and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful(E) in the land of my suffering.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for forget.
  2. Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for twice fruitful.

50 Before the years of famine arrived, Asenath the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis,[a] gave birth to two sons for Joseph. 51 Joseph named the oldest son Manasseh,[b] “because,” he said, “God has helped me forget all of my troubles and everyone in my father’s household.” 52 He named the second Ephraim,[c] “because,” he said, “God has given me children in the land where I’ve been treated harshly.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Genesis 41:50 Heb On
  2. Genesis 41:51 Or making forget
  3. Genesis 41:52 Sounds like has given me children