Gen 41:50-52 | ESV | STEP | Before the year of famine came , two sons were born to Joseph . Asenath , the daughter of Potiphera priest of On , bore them to him.

Genesis 41:50-52

50 Before the year of famine came, ^atwo sons were born to Joseph. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore them to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.” ^{▼▼ Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget} 52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has ^cmade me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” ^{▼▼ Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful}