“And I shall make you bear fruit exceedingly, and make nations of you, and sovereigns shall come from you.
Genesis 41:52 - The Scriptures 1998 And the name of the second he called Ephrayim, “For Elohim has caused me to bear fruit in the land of my affliction.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the second he called Ephraim [to be fruitful], For [he said] God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. American Standard Version (1901) And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. Common English Bible He named the second Ephraim, “because,” he said, “God has given me children in the land where I’ve been treated harshly.” Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, "God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty. |
“And I shall make you bear fruit exceedingly, and make nations of you, and sovereigns shall come from you.
And the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Mitsrayim came to an end,
“And now, your two sons, Ephrayim and Menashsheh, who were born to you in the land of Mitsrayim before I came to you in Mitsrayim, are mine – as Re’uḇ
who are drinking wine from bowls, and anoint with the finest ointments, yet they have not been pained over the breach of Yosĕ
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh, sovereign of Mitsrayim. And he appointed him governor over Mitsrayim and all his house.
And the lot for the tribe of Menashsheh, for he was the first-born of Yosĕ