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Genesis 41:50-52

50And unto Josephוּלְיוֹסֵ֤ףu.le.yo.SefH3130were bornיֻלַּד֙yu.LadH3205twoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121before the yearsשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8141of famineהָרָעָ֑בha.ra.'AvH7458cameתָּב֖וֹאta.Vo'H935,which Asenathאָֽסְנַ֔ת'a.se.NatH621the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Poti–pherahH6319priestכֹּהֵ֥ןko.HenH3548of Onאֽוֹן׃'onH204bareיָֽלְדָה־Yal.dah-H3205unto him.

51And Josephיוֹסֵ֛ףyo.SefH3130calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121the nameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034of the firstbornהַבְּכ֖וֹרha.be.KhorH1060Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֑הme.na.ShehH4519:For Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430, said he,hath made me forgetנַשַּׁ֤נִיna.Sha.niH5382all my toilעֲמָלִ֔י'a.ma.LiH5999,and all my father’sאָבִֽי׃'a.ViH1houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

52And the nameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034of the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֖יha.she.NiH8145calledקָרָ֣אka.Ra'H7121he Ephraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669:For Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430hath caused me to be fruitfulהִפְרַ֥נִיhif.Ra.niH6509in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of my afflictionעָנְיִֽי׃'a.ne.YiH6040.

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