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Genesis 41:51

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”

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ASV

And 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.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121 →
יוֹסֵ֛ףyo.SefJosephH3130 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name ofH8034 →
הַבְּכ֖וֹרha.be.Khorthe firstbornH1060 →
מְנַשֶּׁ֑הme.na.ShehManassehH4519 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
נַשַּׁ֤נִיna.Sha.nihe has made forget meH5382 →
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
עֲמָלִ֔י'a.ma.Litrouble myH5999 →
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] household ofH1004 →
אָבִֽי׃'a.Vifather myH1 →

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Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.Joshua 17:1Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.Proverbs 31:7Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.Genesis 48:14But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.Genesis 41:30but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.Psalms 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”Job 11:16For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.Genesis 48:13–14And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.Genesis 48:18–20“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”Genesis 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,Isaiah 65:16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.Ezekiel 48:4Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.

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Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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