Genesis 41:51

American Standard Version

And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

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Genesis 41:51 in other translations

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.”

Genesis 41:51 · World English Bible

Genesis 41:51 in context

  1. 49And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
  2. 50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.
  3. 51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
  4. 52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
  5. 53And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.