⁵¹Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”⁶ ⁵²The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has ^gmade me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”⁷

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Footnotes

6Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget
7Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful

Cross references

g[ch. 49:22; Hos. 13:15]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh and said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.” And the second son he named Ephraim and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, “God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.” Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for he said, “God has caused me to forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.” And the name of the second he called Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my misfortune.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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. And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

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