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51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh,[a] meaning, “God has made me forget entirely my troubles and my father’s house”; 52 and the second he named Ephraim,[b] meaning, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

53 When the seven years of abundance enjoyed by the land of Egypt came to an end,

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Footnotes

  1. 41:51 Manasseh: an allusion to this name is in the Hebrew expression, nishshani, “he made me forget.”
  2. 41:52 Ephraim: related to the Hebrew expression hiphrani, “(God) has made me fruitful.” The name originally meant something like “fertile land.”