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50 Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.(A) 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh,[a] “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.” 52 The second he named Ephraim,[b] “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my misfortunes.”(B)

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  1. 41.51 That is, making to forget
  2. 41.52 In Heb Ephraim is related to the word for fruitful

50 Before the year of famine came, Joseph had two sons, whom As′enath, the daughter of Poti′phera priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the first-born Manas′seh,[a] “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.” 52 The name of the second he called E′phraim,[b] “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:51 That is Making to forget
  2. Genesis 41:52 From a Hebrew word meaning to be fruitful