I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.
Genesis 41:52 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And the second son he named Ephraim and said, ‘God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh and said, ‘God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.’
Then the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
Some time after this, Joseph was told, ‘Your father is weaker.’ So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and crossing his hands, put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.
Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches climb over the wall.
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation; the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognised by , Joseph.
They drink wine by the bowlful and anoint themselves with the finest oils but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.
The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. No portion of the land was given to the Levites except cities to live in, along with pasturelands for their cattle and livestock.
So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.
This was the land allotted for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn. Gilead and Bashan were given to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh and the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war.
After some time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, because she said, ‘I requested him from the Lord.’