Genesis 41:52

World English Bible (2000)

The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

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  • Gen 49:22 : 22 "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
  • Gen 50:23 : 23 Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.
  • Gen 17:6 : 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
  • Gen 29:32-35 : 32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me." 33 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon. 34 She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi. 35 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
  • Gen 30:6-9 : 6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan. 7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son. 11 Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad. 12 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son. 13 Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher.
  • Gen 48:16-19 : 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." 17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. 18 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head." 19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."
  • Ps 105:17-18 : 17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. 18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. 2 "Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh's hand double for all her sins."
  • Amos 6:6 : 6 who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 41:50-51
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    84%

    50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.

    51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."

  • Gen 48:12-21
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    74%

    12 Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

    13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.

    14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

    15 He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

    16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

    17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

    18 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."

    19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."

    20 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh.

    21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

  • Num 26:28
    73%

    28 The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 48:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.'

    5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

  • Gen 30:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

    24 She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."

  • Gen 48:1
    71%

    1 It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 46:20
    71%

    20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.

  • Gen 50:23
    71%

    23 Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.

  • Acts 7:10
    70%

    10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 41:53
    70%

    53 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

  • Gen 45:5-8
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    70%

    5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

    6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

    7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

    8 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 48:9
    69%

    9 Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."

  • Acts 7:13
    69%

    13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was revealed to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 43:14
    69%

    14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

  • Gen 39:2
    69%

    2 Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

  • Exod 18:4
    69%

    4 The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."

  • Gen 39:5
    68%

    5 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.

  • Ps 105:17
    68%

    17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

  • Gen 43:1
    68%

    1 The famine was severe in the land.

  • Exod 1:12
    68%

    12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

  • Gen 41:43
    68%

    43 and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 2:22
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    22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."

  • Gen 41:41
    68%

    41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."

  • Gen 41:31
    68%

    31 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

  • Gen 49:22
    68%

    22 "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

  • Num 26:37
    67%

    37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

  • 1 Chr 7:22
    67%

    22 Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

  • Gen 50:21
    67%

    21 Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones." He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.