Genesis 41:51
“And Ioseph called the name of the first borne Manasseh: for God, said hee, hath made me forget all my toile, and all my fathers house.”
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Genesis 41:51 Context
49And Ioseph gathered corne as the sand of the sea, very much, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number. 50And vnto Ioseph were borne two sonnes, before the yeeres of famine came: which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah, Priest of On bare vnto him. 51And Ioseph called the name of the first borne Manasseh: for God, said hee, hath made me forget all my toile, and all my fathers house. 52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused mee to be fruitfull in the land of my affliction. 53¶ And the seuen yeeres of plenteousnesse, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
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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.
- King James Version
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For, {he said,} "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, `said he', God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.
- Basic English Bible
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh -- For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
- Darby Bible
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
- Webster's Bible
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
- World English Bible
and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible