51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”[a] 52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has (A)made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”[b]

53 The seven years of plenty that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget
  2. Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful

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