Genesis 41:51
49 So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
50 Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
52 And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
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- BSB
- Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
- ASV
- And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, [said he], God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father`s house.
- DARBY
- And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
- BLB
- And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For God has made me forget all my toil and all the house of my father.”
- ÅB
- Og Josef kalte sin førstefødte sønn Manasse[^4]; for [sa han] Gud har latt meg glemme all min strev og hele min fars hus.
- OTB
- Josef kalte sin førstefødte Manasse og sa: "Det er fordi Gud har latt meg glemme all min motgang og hele min fars hus."
- B1930
- Og Josef kalte sin førstefødte sønn Manasse; for [sa han] Gud har latt mig glemme all min møie og hele min fars hus. / < en som får folk til å glemme.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 30:5
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Read in contextProverbs 31:7
Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Read in contextPsalms 30:11
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Read in contextGenesis 41:30
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:17
His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
Read in contextGenesis 48:13–14
And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
Read in contextGenesis 48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:16
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
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