Genesis 41:51
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51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh,[a] meaning, “God has made me forget entirely my troubles and my father’s house”;
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- 41:51 Manasseh: an allusion to this name is in the Hebrew expression, nishshani, “he made me forget.”
Genesis 46:20
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20 In the land of Egypt Joseph became the father of Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.(A)
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Genesis 48:18
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18 saying, “That is not right, father; the other one is the firstborn; lay your right hand on his head!”
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Genesis 50:23
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23 He saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation, and the children of Manasseh’s son Machir were also born on Joseph’s knees.(A)
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Deuteronomy 3:13
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13 The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole Argob region, all that part of Bashan, was once called a land of the Rephaim.(A)
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Deuteronomy 3:15
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15 To Machir[a] I gave Gilead,
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