Genesis 41:51
Joseph named the eldest Manasseh, for he said, “God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s household.”
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50Two sons were born to Joseph and Asenath before the year of famine came.
Cross References
Genesis 41:30and they will be followed by seven years of famine, so that all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume all that the land produces;
Genesis 48:13So Joseph took them both – Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand – and brought them near to him.
Joshua 14:4The two tribes of the Josephites were Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land, except some towns to live in, with their pastures for cattle and livestock.
Psalms 30:11You have turned my mourning to dancing; my sackcloth you have unloosed, and clothed me with joy:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:47-57
The Famine in Egypt and Canaan. ( b. c. 1706.) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered… Read the whole commentary →