Genesis 41:51

WEB

⁵¹Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,^[+] For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”

KJV

⁵¹And Joseph^[+] called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

BSB

⁵¹Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh,^[+] has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”

FBV

⁵¹Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh,^[+] because he said, “The Lord has made me forget all my troubles and all my father's family.”

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Extra References

Psalms 30:5

⁵For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Proverbs 31:7

⁷Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Psalms 30:11

¹¹You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

¹⁷Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Genesis 41:30

³⁰Seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

Isaiah 65:16

¹⁶so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

Genesis 48:13-14

¹³Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near to him. ¹⁴Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Psalms 45:10

¹⁰Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.

Genesis 48:18-20

¹⁸Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

¹⁹His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.” ²⁰He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:5

⁵Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.