And 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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh — ForGod has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)