Genesis 41:52
“And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused mee to be fruitfull in the land of my affliction.”
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Genesis 41:52 Context
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. 54And the seuen yeeres of dearth beganne to come according as Ioseph had saide, and the dearth was in all lands: but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
- King James Version
He named the second Ephraim, "For, {he said,} "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)