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Genesis 41:52 KJV
Genesis · chapter 41 · verse 52
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.Genesis 41:52 · King James Version
Genesis 41:52 in context
50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
51And 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.
52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fruitfulpârâhto bear fruitH6509 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- secondshênîyproperly, doubleH8145 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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Observe here, I. The building of Joseph's family in the birth of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Gen 41:50-52. In the names he gave them, he owned the divine Providence giving this happy turn to his affairs, 1. He was made to forget his misery, Job 11:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 46-57