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


In Context

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,

54 and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

Genesis 41:52 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:52And he named the second Epharaim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

41:52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:52And the name of the second he called Ephraim For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:52The name of the second, he called Ephraim: |For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:52and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: 'for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.