Genesis 41:52
Modern Translations
New International Version
The second son he named Ephraim and said, "It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

New Living Translation
Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”

English Standard Version
The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Berean Study Bible
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

New American Standard Bible
And he named the second Ephraim; “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

NASB 1995
He named the second Ephraim, "For," he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

NASB 1977
And he named the second Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Amplified Bible
He named the second [son] Ephraim (fruitfulness), for “God has caused me to be fruitful and very successful in the land of my suffering.”

Christian Standard Bible
And the second son he named Ephraim and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And the second son he named Ephraim, meaning, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

Contemporary English Version
His second son was named Ephraim, which means "God has made me a success in the land where I suffered."

Good News Translation
He also said, "God has given me children in the land of my trouble"; so he named his second son Ephraim.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He named the second son Ephraim [Blessed Twice With Children], because God gave him children in the land where he had suffered.

International Standard Version
He named his second son Ephraim because, he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my troubles."

NET Bible
He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

New King James Version
And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

King James 2000 Bible
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

New Heart English Bible
And the name of the second he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

World English Bible
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

American King James Version
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

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

A Faithful Version
And the name of the second he called Ephraim, saying, "For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction."

Darby Bible Translation
And the name of the second he called Ephraim -- For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Also hee called the name of the second, Ephraim: For God, sayde he hath made me fruitfull in the land of mine affliction.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The name of the seconde called he Ephraim, for God sayd he hath caused me to be fruitefull in the lande of my trouble.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The seconde called he Ephraim: for God (sayde he) hath caused me to growe in ye lande of my trouble.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
The seconde called he Ephraim for God (sayde he) hath caused me to growe in the lande of my trouble.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the name of the second he has called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

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

Smith's Literal Translation
And the name of the second, he called Ephraim; for God caused me to flourish in the land of my affliction.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he named the second Epharaim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, “God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the name of the other he called Aphreim, because, “God made me fruitful in the land of my bondage.”

Lamsa Bible
And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God has made me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: 'for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he called the name of the second, Ephraim; for God, said he, has increased me in the land of my humiliation.
















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