I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.
Genesis 41:52 - English Standard Version 2016 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For 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 exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.
God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”
The seven years of plenty that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end,
After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).
And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own.
who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.
The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”