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Genesis 41:51 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.” "
Genesis 41:51
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49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
52 The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
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Joseph, son of Jacob
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Jacob Jacob is the father of Joseph.
Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:24
While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Read Genesis 35:22The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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Rachel Rachel is the mother of Joseph.
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Asenath Joseph is the husband of Asenath.
Source: Genesis 41:45
Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
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Manasseh, son of Joseph Joseph is the father of Manasseh.
Source: Genesis 41:50; Genesis 41:51
To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
Read Genesis 41:50Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
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Ephraim, son of Joseph Joseph is the father of Ephraim.
Source: Genesis 41:50; Genesis 41:52
To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
Read Genesis 41:50The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Read Genesis 41:52
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Manasseh, son of Joseph
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Joseph, son of Jacob Joseph is the father of Manasseh.
Source: Genesis 41:50; Genesis 41:51
To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
Read Genesis 41:50Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
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Asenath Asenath is the mother of Manasseh.
Source: Genesis 41:50; Genesis 41:51
To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
Read Genesis 41:50Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
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Ephraim, son of Joseph Manasseh is the brother of Ephraim.
Source: Genesis 41:50; Genesis 41:51; Genesis 41:52
To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
Read Genesis 41:50Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
Read Genesis 41:51The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Read Genesis 41:52
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From This Chapter
Genesis 41:1
"At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river."
Genesis 41:2
"Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass."
Genesis 41:3
"Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river."
Genesis 41:4
"The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke."
Genesis 41:5
"He slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good."
Genesis 41:6
"Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them."
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