◄ Genesis 41:51 ►
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Good News Translation
He said, "God has made me forget all my sufferings and all my father's family"; so he named his first son Manasseh.

New Revised Standard Version
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”

Contemporary English Version
Their first son was named Manasseh, which means, "God has let me forget all my troubles and my family back home."

New American Bible
Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget entirely my troubles and my father’s house”;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

called.

2292. B.C.

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Genesis 48:5,13,14,18-20 So thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon. . . .

Deuteronomy 33:17 His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth. These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousands of Manasses.

Manasseh.

Genesis 41:30 After which shall follow other seven years of so great scarcity, that all the abundance before shall be forgotten: for the famine shall consume all the land,

Psalm 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house.

Isaiah 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be angry unto the end: because the spirit shall go forth from my face, and breathings I will make.

forget.

Psalm 30:5,11 For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness. . . .

Proverbs 31:7 Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

Isaiah 65:16 In which he that is blessed upon the earth, shall be blessed in God, amen: and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by God, amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.

Context
The Seven Years of Plenty
…50And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis, bore unto him. 51And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.52And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.…
Cross References
Genesis 41:50
And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis, bore unto him.

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

Genesis 48:1
After these things, it was told Joseph that his father was sick; and he set out to go to him, taking his two sons Manasses and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:14
But he, stretching forth his right hand, put it upon the head of Ephraim, the younger brother; and the left upon the head of Manasses, who was the elder, changing his hands.

Joshua 14:4
But in their place succeeded the children of Joseph divided into two tribes, of Manasses and Ephraim: neither did the Levites receive other portion of land, but cities to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed their beasts and flocks.

Joshua 17:1
And this lot fell to the tribe of Manasses for he is the firstborn of Joseph to Machir the firstborn of Manasses the father of Galaad, who was a warlike man, and had for possession Galaad and Basan.

1 Samuel 1:20
And it came to pass when the time was come about, Anna conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the Lord.

Genesis 41:50
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