Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's house."
New American Standard Bible
Joseph named the firstborn
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget all my hardship in my father’s house.”
International Standard Version
Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh because, he said, "God has made me forget all of my hard life and my father's house."
A Conservative Version
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for, God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
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.
Amplified
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh (causing to forget), for he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and hardship and all [the sorrow of the loss of] my father’s household.”
Bible in Basic English
And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.
Darby 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.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joseph will call the name of the first-born, Manasseh; for God made me forget all my toils and all my father's house.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for [he said], "God has caused me to forget all my hardship and all my father's house."
Modern King James verseion
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh, saying, For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household."
New Heart English Bible
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
The Emphasized Bible
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, - For God hath made me forget all my trouble, and all the house of my father.
Webster
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
World English Bible
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
Youngs 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;'
Themes
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph's successful provision against the years of famine
Government » Paternal functions of
Joseph » Son of jacob » Provides against the seven years of famine
Joseph » Son of jacob » His wisdom
Joseph » Son of jacob » His piety
Manasseh » Son of joseph and asenath
The tribe of Manasseh » Descended from joseph's eldest son adopted by jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Joseph, in the affairs of egypt
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Joseph, in how he conducted the affairs of egypt
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 41:51
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph In Charge Of Egypt
50 Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother. 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's house." 52 He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."
Cross References
Genesis 41:30
But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.
Genesis 48:5
"Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.
Genesis 48:13-14
Joseph positioned them; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel's left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel's right hand. Then Joseph brought them closer to his father.
Genesis 48:18-20
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head."
Deuteronomy 33:17
May the firstborn of his bull bring him honor, and may his horns be those of a wild ox; with them may he gore all peoples, all the far reaches of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Psalm 30:5
For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one's life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.
Psalm 30:11
Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
Psalm 45:10
Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!
Proverbs 31:7
let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man's spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.
Isaiah 65:16
Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.