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50 Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons by Asenath. 51 He said, “God has made me forget all my sufferings and all my father's family”; so he named his first son Manasseh.[a] 52 He also said, “God has given me children in the land of my trouble”; so he named his second son Ephraim.[b]

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  1. Genesis 41:51 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “cause to forget.”
  2. Genesis 41:52 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “give children.”

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