Genesis 41
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Genesis 41:50-56

50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.1 51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.2 52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.3

53And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.4

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  1. 1. Genesis 41:50 priest: or, prince ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 41:51 Manasseh: that is, Forgetting ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 41:52 Ephraim: that is, Fruitful ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 41:56 all the storehouses: Heb. all wherein was ↩

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