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Genesis 41:52

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

KJV

Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens : Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.

Vulgate

τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τοῦ δευτέρου ἐκάλεσεν Ἐφράιμ, Ὅτι ὕψωσέν με ὁ θεὸς ἐν γῇ ταπεινώσεώς μου.

LXX

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

ASV

וְ/אֵ֛ת שֵׁ֥ם הַ/שֵּׁנִ֖י קָרָ֣א אֶפְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי הִפְרַ֥/נִי אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ עָנְיִֽ/י

Hebrew

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People Ephraim

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
י
y
noun · 36×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
פְּר֣וּ
prv
verb · 29×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 6:6 — That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
  • Gen 17:6 — And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
  • Gen 26:22 — And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful
  • Gen 28:3 — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
  • Gen 28:3 — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
  • Gen 49:22 — Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
  • Gen 49:22 — Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
  • Gen 50:23 — And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
  • Hos 9:11 — As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
  • Hos 13:15 — Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall
  • Isa 40:1 — Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
  • Ps 105:17 — He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: