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.

51 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.

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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

20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.

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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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18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

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