51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget all my hardship in my father’s house.”

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

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  1. Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for forget.

20 Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.[a]

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  1. Genesis 46:20 Or Heliopolis

20 In Egypt, Manasseh(A) and Ephraim(B) were born to Joseph(C) by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.[a](D)

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  1. Genesis 46:20 That is, Heliopolis

18 Joseph said to his father, “Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

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18 Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”(A)

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