51Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, "It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."


In Context

48 Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.

49 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; 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.

51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, "It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."

52 The second son he named Ephraim and said, "It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

53 The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end,

Genesis 41:51 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, [said he,] hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:51And he called the name of the first born Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

41:51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For,'said he , God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, |For,| he said, |God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:51and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.