Genesis 41:50-52
New King James Version
50 (A)And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn [a]Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my (B)father’s house.” 52 And the name of the second he called [b]Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be (C)fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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- Genesis 41:51 Lit. Making Forgetful
- Genesis 41:52 Lit. Fruitfulness
Genesis 41:50-52
21st Century King James Version
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bore unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh [that is, Forgetting], “For God,” said he, “hath made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.”
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim [that is, Fruitful], “For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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