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Genesis 41:51

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.

KJV

Vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasses, dicens : Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.

Vulgate

ἐκάλεσεν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πρωτοτόκου Μαννασσὴ λέγων Ὅτι ἐπιλαθέσθαι με ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς πάντων τῶν πόνων μου καὶ πάντων τῶν τοῦ πατρός μου·

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת שֵׁ֥ם הַ/בְּכ֖וֹר מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה כִּֽי נַשַּׁ֤/נִי אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת כָּל עֲמָלִ֔/י וְ/אֵ֖ת כָּל בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JosephManassehManassehJosephJosephJoseph

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּכ֣וֹר
bkvr
noun · 118×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה
mnshh
proper_noun · 145×
נִי
ny
verb · 6×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:20 — Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
  • Deut 33:17 — His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ep
  • Gen 16:11 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
  • Gen 41:30 — And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
  • Gen 48:14 — And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
  • Job 11:16 — Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
  • Josh 17:1 — There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gi
  • Prov 31:7 — Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
  • Ps 30:5 — For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
  • Ps 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
  • Ps 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.