Genesis 41:51

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Joseph named the first son Manasseh. He was given this name because Joseph said, “God made me forget all my hard work and everything back home in my father’s house.”

Cross References

Psalm 30:5

His anger lasts for a little while, but then his kindness brings life. The night may be filled with tears, but in the morning we can sing for joy!

Proverbs 31:7

Let them drink to forget their troubles. Let them forget they are poor.

Psalm 30:11

You have changed my sorrow into dancing. You have taken away my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.

Deuteronomy 33:17

Joseph is like a powerful bull. His two sons are like bull’s horns. They will attack other people and push them to the ends of the earth! Yes, Manasseh has thousands of people, and Ephraim has ten thousands.”

Genesis 41:30

But then there will be seven years of hunger. The people will forget how much food there had been in Egypt before. This famine will ruin the country.

Isaiah 65:16

The Lord says, “People now ask blessings from the earth. But in the future they will ask blessings from the faithful God. People now trust in the power of the earth when they make a promise. But in the future they will trust in the God who is faithful. That’s because the troubles in the past will all be forgotten. They will be hidden from my sight.”

Isaiah 57:16

I will not accuse my people forever. I will not always be angry. If I continued to show my anger, then the human spirit, the life I gave them, would die before me.

Psalm 45:10

My lady, listen to me. Listen carefully and understand me. Forget your people and your father’s family,

Genesis 48:5

Now you have two sons. These two sons were born here in the country of Egypt before I came. Your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, will be like my own sons. They will be like Reuben and Simeon to me.

Genesis 41:50

Joseph’s wife, Asenath, was the daughter of Potiphera, the priest in the city of On. Before the first year of hunger came, Joseph and Asenath had two sons.

Genesis 41:52

Joseph named the second son Ephraim. Joseph gave him this name because he said, “I had great troubles, but God has made me successful in everything.”

Genesis 48:1

Some time later Joseph learned that his father was very sick. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to his father.

Joshua 14:4

The descendants of Joseph had divided into two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. Each of these tribes received some land; the tribe of Levi was not given any land. They were given only some towns scattered throughout the other tribes and some fields around those towns for their animals.

Joshua 17:1

Then land was given to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh was Joseph’s first son. Manasseh’s first son was Makir, the father of Gilead. Makir was a great soldier, so the areas of Gilead and Bashan were given to his family.

1 Samuel 1:20

By that time the following year, Hannah had become pregnant and had a son. She named him Samuel. She said, “His name is Samuel because I asked the Lord for him.”

Numbers 26:28

Joseph’s two sons were Manasseh and Ephraim. Each son became a tribe with its own family groups.

Job 11:16

Then you can forget your troubles, like water that has already passed by.