Genesis 41:52
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
World English Bible (Public Domain)
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Before · Genesis 41:50–51
50To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. 51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
52The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Notes and cross references in the WEB
- Footnote“Ephraim” sounds like the Hebrew for “twice fruitful”.