Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household."
New American Standard Bible
Joseph named the firstborn
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget all my hardship in my father’s house.”
International Standard Version
Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh because, he said, "God has made me forget all of my hard life and my father's house."
A Conservative Version
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for, God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh (causing to forget), for he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and hardship and all [the sorrow of the loss of] my father’s household.”
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joseph will call the name of the first-born, Manasseh; for God made me forget all my toils and all my father's house.
King James 2000
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for [he said], "God has caused me to forget all my hardship and all my father's house."
Modern King James verseion
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh, saying, For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.
NET Bible
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's house."
New Heart English 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."
The Emphasized Bible
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, - For God hath made me forget all my trouble, and all the house of my father.
Webster
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.
World English 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."
Youngs Literal Translation
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;'
Themes
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph's successful provision against the years of famine
Government » Paternal functions of
Joseph » Son of jacob » Provides against the seven years of famine
Joseph » Son of jacob » His wisdom
Joseph » Son of jacob » His piety
Manasseh » Son of joseph and asenath
The tribe of Manasseh » Descended from joseph's eldest son adopted by jacob
Prudence » Instances of » Joseph, in the affairs of egypt
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Joseph, in how he conducted the affairs of egypt
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 41:51
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph In Charge Of Egypt
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of hunger came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, bare unto him. 51 And he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household." 52 The second called he Ephraim, "For God," said he, "hath caused me to grow in the land of my trouble."
Cross References
Genesis 41:30
And there shall arise after them seven years of hunger. So that all the plenteousness shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt. And the hunger shall consume the land:
Genesis 48:5
Now therefore thy two sons Manasseh and Ephraim which were born unto thee before I came to thee, into Egypt, shall be mine: even as Reuben and Simeon shall they be unto me.
Genesis 48:13-14
Then took Joseph them both: Ephraim in his righthand, toward Israel's lefthand, and Manasseh in his lefthand, toward Israel's righthand, and brought them unto him.
Genesis 48:18-20
and said unto his father, "Not so my father, for this is the eldest. Put thy righthand upon his head."
Deuteronomy 33:17
His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
Psalm 30:5
For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heaviness may well endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalm 30:11
Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.
Psalm 45:10
Hearken, O daughter, and consider; incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.
Proverbs 31:7
that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.
Isaiah 57:16
For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.
Isaiah 65:16
Whoso rejoiceth upon earth, shall rejoice in the true God: And whoso sweareth upon earth, shall swear in the true God. For the old enmity shall be forgotten, and taken away out of my sight.