Genesis 41:49-51
Legacy Standard Bible
49 Thus Joseph stored up grain [a]in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped [b]measuring it, for it was [c]beyond measure.
The Sons of Joseph
50 Now before the year of famine came, (A)two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of [d]On, bore to him. 51 And Joseph named the firstborn [e]Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”
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- Genesis 41:49 Lit very much
- Genesis 41:49 Lit numbering
- Genesis 41:49 Or without number
- Genesis 41:50 Or Heliopolis
- Genesis 41:51 Lit making to forget
Genesis 41:49-51
New International Version
49 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea;(A) it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.
50 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.(B) 51 Joseph named his firstborn(C) Manasseh[a](D) and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for forget.
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