Genesis 41:52
in Genesis 41And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
KJV
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
3 notes on this verseIt had been the land of his affliction, and in some sense it was still so, for it was not Canaan, the land of promise. His distance from his father was still his affliction. Note, Light is sometimes sown for the righteous in a barren and unlikely soil; and yet if God sow it, and water it, it will come up again.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Notice that this child's name too is suggestive of gratitude. "Not only did he grant me forgetfulness of my distress," he is saying, "but he also made me prosper in the land where I suffered such awful humiliation as to be reduced to the limit and run a risk to life itself."
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the name of the second called he Ephraim,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֛ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֵׁ֥ם | shem | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | hasheni | the second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| קָרָ֣א | kara' | he called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֶפְרָ֑יִם | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִפְרַ֥נִי | hifrani | he has made fruitful me | H6509 → | 29 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| עָנְיִֽי׃ | ʾaneyi | affliction my | H6040 → | 36 times |
וְאֵ֛תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שֵׁ֥ם[the] name of
shemH8034 →864 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֖יthe second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
קָרָ֣אhe called
kara'H7121 →733 times
אֶפְרָ֑יִםEphraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הִפְרַ֥נִיhe has made fruitful me
hifraniH6509 →29 times
אֱלֹהִ֖יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
עָנְיִֽי׃affliction my
ʾaneyiH6040 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
it leads to
- Genesis 17:4
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 35:11
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 1:6–17
and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
- Genesis 17:4
Through
Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
it leads to
- Genesis 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Genesis 17:1–6
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 22:17–18
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
- Genesis 48:3
Through
Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
it leads to
- Numbers 32:39
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Numbers 32:39
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 64.2; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.