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52 and the second he named Ephraim,[a] meaning, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

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  1. 41:52 Ephraim: related to the Hebrew expression hiphrani, “(God) has made me fruitful.” The name originally meant something like “fertile land.”

52 The second son he named Ephraim[a](A) and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful(B) in the land of my suffering.”

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  1. Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for twice fruitful.