Chuàngshìjì 41:50

50 Huāng nián wèi dào yǐqián , Ānchéng de jìsī Bōtífēilā de nǚér Yàxīnà gĕi Yūesè shēng le liǎng gè érzi .

Chuàngshìjì 41:50 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:50

And unto Joseph were born two sons
The word for "born" is singular; hence Ben Melech conjectures that they were twins: and this was before the years of famine came;
or "the year of famine" ^F17; the first year: which Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah priest of On, bare unto him;
which is observed, to show that he had them by his lawful wife; whom the Targum of Jonathan wrongly again makes the daughter of Dinah, and her father prince of Tanis, the same with Zoan; whereas this was "On" or "Heliopolis", a very different place; so Artapanus says ^F18, that Joseph married the daughter of the priest of Heliopolis, by whom he had children; and another Heathen writer ^F19 mentions their names, Ephraim and Manesseh.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (berh tnv) "annus famis", Tigurine version, Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "annus (primus) famis", Schmidt.
F18 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 23. p. 429.
F19 Polyhistor. apud ib. p. 424.

Chuàngshìjì 41:50 In-Context

48 Yūesè jùliǎn Āijí dì qī gè fēng nián yīqiè de liángshi , bǎ liángshi jīcún zaì gè chéng lǐ . gè chéng zhōuwéi tiándì de liángshi dōu jīcún zaì bĕn chéng lǐ .

49 Yūesè jīxù wǔgǔ shèn duō , rútóng hǎi bian de shā , wúfǎ jìsuàn , yīnwei gǔ bùkĕ shèng shǔ.

50 Huāng nián wèi dào yǐqián , Ānchéng de jìsī Bōtífēilā de nǚér Yàxīnà gĕi Yūesè shēng le liǎng gè érzi .

51 Yūesè gĕi zhǎngzǐ qǐmíng jiào Mǎnáxī ( jiù shì shǐ zhī wàng le de yìsi ) , yīnwei tā shuō , shén shǐ wǒ wàng le yīqiè de kùnkǔ hé wǒ fù de quán jiā .

52 Tā gĕi cì zǐ qǐmíng jiào Yǐfǎlián ( jiù shì shǐ zhī chāngshèng de yìsi ) , yīnwei tā shuō , shén shǐ wǒ zaì shòu kǔ de dìfang chāngshèng .