Genesis 41:50

Now to Joseph, were born two sons, ere yet came in the year of famine,—whom Asenath daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare to him.

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In The King James Version

And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.

In Context

49Thus did Joseph heap up corn like the sand of the sea making it exceeding abundant,—until one hath left off reckoning, because it cannot be reckoned.

51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,—For God hath made me forget all my trouble, and all the house of my father.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah, and gave him Asenath daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, to wife,—and Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 48:5Now, therefore thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came in unto thee in Egypt, are mine! Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine!

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 →

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