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Genesis 41:51
“Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.”
Verse in context — Genesis 41
49
Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
50
To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53
The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
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