Verse 51

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, 'God has made me forget all my hardship and my father’s household.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:30 : 30 But after them, seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will ravage the land.
  • Gen 48:5 : 5 'Now, your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you here will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.'
  • Gen 48:13-14 : 13 Then Joseph took them both—Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right—and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger; and crossing his hands, he placed his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.
  • Gen 48:18-20 : 18 Joseph said to his father, 'No, my father, this one is the firstborn; place your right hand on his head.' 19 But his father refused and said, 'I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.' 20 On that day, he blessed them and said, 'By you, Israel will pronounce this blessing: May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' So he placed Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
  • Deut 33:17 : 17 His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox. With them he gores the peoples, all the way to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 Sing praises to the LORD, you His faithful ones, and give thanks to His holy name.
  • Ps 30:11 : 11 Hear me, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my helper.
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Daughters of kings are among your noble women; at your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
  • Prov 31:7 : 7 Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their hardship.
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit would faint before me—the breath of life that I created.
  • Isa 65:16 : 16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.