And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. Treasury of Scripture called. A.M. 2292. B.C. 1712 Genesis 48:5,13,14,18-20 And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine... Deuteronomy 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns... Manasseh. i.e., Forgetting. See on ver. Genesis 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt... Psalm 45:10 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father's house; Isaiah 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. forget. Psalm 30:5,11 For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning... Proverbs 31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. Isaiah 65:16 That he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth...
Context The Sons of Joseph
50And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bore to him. 51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he called the name of the first born Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.
Darby Bible Translation
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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;'
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