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Genesis 41:49-51
Revised Standard Version
Genesis 41:49-51
Revised Standard Version
49 And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.
50 Before the year of famine came, Joseph had two sons, whom As′enath, the daughter of Poti′phera priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the first-born Manas′seh,[a] “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”
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- Genesis 41:51 That is Making to forget
Genesis 41:49-51
New International Version
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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