Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 41:45-52
45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah,1 and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,2 to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
46Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
47During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully. 48During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it. 49So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
50Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. 51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh,3 saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.” 52And the second son he named Ephraim,4 saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Notes
- 1. Genesis 41:45 Zaphenath-paneah probably means Revealer of Mysteries or God speaks and lives. ↩
- 2. Genesis 41:45 That is, Heliopolis, as in LXX; also in verse 50 ↩
- 3. Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget. ↩
- 4. Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful or twice fruitful. ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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