I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
Genesis 41:52 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The name of the second, he called Efrayim: *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 nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
May El Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
Yosef called the name of the firstborn Menasheh, *For,* he said, *God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.*
The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
It happened after these things, that someone said to Yosef, *Behold, your father is sick.* He took with him his two sons, Menasheh and Efrayim.
Yisra'el stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Efrayim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Menasheh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Menasheh was the firstborn.
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Efrayim and Menasheh, even as Re'uven and Shim`on, will be mine.
*Yosef is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
Yosef saw Efrayim's children to the third generation. The children also of Makhir, the son of Menasheh, were born on Yosef's knees.
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Yosef.
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Par`oh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
For the children of Yosef were two tribes, Menasheh and Efrayim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for their livestock and for their substance.
[This] was the lot for the tribe of Menasheh; for he was the firstborn of Yosef. As for Makhir the firstborn of Menasheh, the father of Gil`ad, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gil`ad and Bashan.
It happened, when the time was come about, that Channah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Shemu'el, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD.