Genesis 41:51

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Their first son was named Manasseh, which means, “God has let me forget all my troubles and my family back home.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:30

but that will be followed by seven years when there won't be enough. The good years of plenty will be forgotten, and everywhere in Egypt people will be starving.

Genesis 41:50

Joseph and his wife had two sons before the famine began.

Genesis 41:52

His second son was named Ephraim, which means “God has made me a success in the land where I suffered.”

Genesis 48:1

Joseph was told that his father Jacob had become very sick. So Joseph went to see him and took along his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:5

Then Jacob went on to say: Joseph, your two sons Ephraim and Manasseh were born in Egypt, but I accept them as my own, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

Job 11:16

Your troubles will go away like water beneath a bridge,

Psalm 30:11

You have turned my sorrow into joyful dancing. No longer am I sad and wearing sackcloth.

Psalm 30:5

Your anger lasts a little while, but your kindness lasts for a lifetime. At night we may cry, but when morning comes we will celebrate.

Psalm 45:10

Bride of the king, listen carefully to me. Forget your own people and your father's family.

Proverbs 31:7

Let them drink and forget how poor and miserable they feel.

Isaiah 57:16

My people, I won't stay angry and keep on accusing you. After all, I am your Creator. I don't want you to give up in complete despair.

Isaiah 65:16

I am God! I can be trusted. Your past troubles are gone; I no longer think of them. When you pray for someone to receive a blessing, or when you make a promise, you must do it in my name. I alone am the God who can be trusted.

Numbers 26:28

There were 52,700 men from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; they were from the clan of Machir, the clan of Gilead his son, and the clans of his six grandsons: Iezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, and Hepher. Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Deuteronomy 33:17

The armies of Ephraim and Manasseh are majestic and fierce like a bull or a wild ox. They will run their spears through faraway nations.

Joshua 17:1

Manasseh was Joseph's eldest son, and Machir was Manasseh's eldest son. Machir had a son named Gilead, and some of his descendants had already received the regions of Gilead and Bashan because they were good warriors. The other clans of the Manasseh tribe descended from Gilead's sons Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. The following is a description of the land they received. Hepher's son Zelophehad did not have any sons, but he did have five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. One day the clans that were descendants of Zelophehad's five daughters went to the priest Eleazar, Joshua, and the leaders of Israel. The people of these clans said, “The LORD told Moses to give us land just as he gave land to our relatives.” Joshua followed the LORD's instructions and gave land to these five clans, as he had given land to the five clans that had descended from Hepher's brothers. So Manasseh's land west of the River Jordan was divided into ten parts.

1 Samuel 1:20

with a son. She named him Samuel because she had asked the LORD for him.