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50 Joseph and his wife had two sons before the famine began. 51 Their first son was named Manasseh, which means, “God has let me forget all my troubles and my family back home.” 52 His second son was named Ephraim, which means “God has made me a success[a] in the land where I suffered.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 41.52 God has made me a success: Or “God has given me children.”
  2. 41.52 Ephraim … suffered: In Hebrew “Ephraim” actually means either “fertile land” or “pastureland.”

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