Genesis 41:50-52

The Sons of Joseph

50Now before the year of famine came, atwo sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of
Or Heliopolis
On, bore to him.
51Joseph named the firstborn
I.e. making to forget
Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”
52He named the second
I.e. fruitfulness
Ephraim, “For,” he said, eGod has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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