# Genesis 41.52

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**Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 50. And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him. 51. And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
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> **52. And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.**
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> 53. And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end. 54. And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. (Genesis 41:50-54, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 50. To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. 51. Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
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> **52. The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”**
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> 53. The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end. 54. The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. (Genesis 41:50-54, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 50. And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. <sup>priest: or, prince</sup> 51. And 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. <sup>Manasseh: that is, Forgetting</sup>
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> **52. And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. <sup>Ephraim: that is, Fruitful</sup>**
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> 53. And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54. And 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. (Genesis 41:50-54, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 50. And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him, 51. and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'
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> **52. and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: 'for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.'**
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> 53. And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt, 54. and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread; (Genesis 41:50-54, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [H8034 - shem](/codex/h8034-shem/), *shem*, Strong's H8034
- [H0430 - elohim](/codex/h0430-elohim/), *elohim*, Strong's H0430

## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.