Genesis 41:52
And the name of the second he called Ephraim; because the Lord hath made me to increase in the land of my servitude.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
53And the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Mizraim were completed.
Cross References
Genesis 28:3And the All-sufficient God bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply, and become an assemblage of tribes;
Genesis 30:6And Rahel said, The Lord hath judged me, and hath also received my prayer, and given me a son: therefore she called his name Dan.
Genesis 48:16The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the youths; and let my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak; and as the fish of the sea may they multiply among the children of men upon the earth!
Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw of Ephraim three sons; also the sons of Makir, the son of Menashe, were born, whom Joseph brought up.
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 →