Genesis 41:52

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 49:22

“Joseph is like a wild donkey, like a young donkey by a spring, like colts grazing in a pasture.

Genesis 50:23

During Joseph’s life Ephraim had children and grandchildren. And his son Manasseh had a son named Makir. Joseph lived to see Makir’s children.

Genesis 17:6

I will give you many descendants. New nations and kings will come from you.

Genesis 28:3

I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you and give you many children. I pray that you will become the father of a great nation

Amos 6:6

You drink wine in fancy cups. You use the best perfumes. And it doesn’t even bother you that Joseph’s family is being destroyed.

Acts 7:10

and saved him from all his troubles. Pharaoh was the king of Egypt then. He liked Joseph and respected him because of the wisdom God gave him. Pharaoh gave Joseph the job of being a governor of Egypt. He even let him rule over all the people in Pharaoh’s house.

Genesis 41:51

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.”

Genesis 41:53

For seven years people had all the food they needed, but those years ended.

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.

Genesis 48:14

But Israel crossed his hands and put his right hand on the head of the younger boy Ephraim. Then he put his left hand on Manasseh, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

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.”

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.

Numbers 26:28

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

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 16:4

So the people of Manasseh and Ephraim got their land. (Manasseh and Ephraim were sons of Joseph.)

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.