Genesis 41:51

“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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Genesis 41:51

And Ioseph called the name of the first borne Manasseh: for God, said hee, hath made me forget all my toile, and all my fathers house.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For, {he said,} "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.
- Basic English Bible

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh -- For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
- Darby Bible

And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
- Webster's Bible

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."
- World English Bible

and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'
- Youngs Literal Bible

And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible Commentary for Genesis 41:51

Wesley's Notes for Genesis 41:51


41:50 Two sons - In the names he gave them, he owned the divine Providence giving this happy turn to his affairs. He was made to forget his misery, but could he be so unnatural as to forget all his father's house? And he was made fruitful in the land of his affliction. It had been the land of his affliction, and, in some sense, it was still so, for his distance from his father was still his affliction. Ephraim signifies fruitfulness, and Manasseh forgetfulness.


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