⁵¹ Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh,^[a] meaning, “God has made me forget entirely my troubles and my father’s house”;

²⁰ In the land of Egypt Joseph became the father of Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.^(A)

¹⁸ saying, “That is not right, father; the other one is the firstborn; lay your right hand on his head!”

²³ He saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation, and the children of Manasseh’s son Machir were also born on Joseph’s knees.^(A)

¹³ The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole Argob region, all that part of Bashan, was once called a land of the Rephaim.^(A)

¹⁵ To Machir^[a] I gave Gilead,