Genesis 41:51

51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh[a] and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”

Genesis 41:51 in Other Translations

KJV
51 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.
ESV
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."
NLT
51 Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, “God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.”
MSG
51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh (Forget), saying, "God made me forget all my hardships and my parental home."
CSB
51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, "God has made me forget all my hardship in my father's house."

Genesis 41:51 In-Context

49 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.
50 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”
52 The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”
53 The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Ge 48:14,18,20; Genesis 49:3
  • 2. Genesis 46:20; Genesis 48:1; Genesis 50:23; Numbers 1:34; Deuteronomy 33:17; Joshua 4:12; Joshua 17:1; 1 Chronicles 7:14

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Manasseh" sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for "forget."
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