Genesis 41 · Verse 52

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.
Genesis 41:52, King James Version

Genesis 41:52 in other translations

BSBAnd the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
WEBThe name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
ASVAnd the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
YLTand the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: ‘for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.'
DARBYAnd the name of the second he called Ephraim — For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
BBEAnd to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.
WebsterAnd the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

What does Genesis 41:52 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:50-52

50-52. unto Joseph were born two sons--These domestic events, which increased his temporal happiness, develop the piety of his character in the names conferred upon his children.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 41:46-57

In the names of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph owned the Divine providence. 1. He was made to forget his misery. 2. He was made fruitful in the land of his affliction. The seven plenteous years came, and were ended. We ought to look forward to the end of the days, both of our prosperity and of our opportunity. We must not be secure in prosperity, nor slothful in making good use of opportunity. Years of…

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Genesis 41:52 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֵ֛תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name ofH8034
הַשֵּׁנִ֖יha.she.Nithe secondH8145
קָרָ֣אka.Ra'he calledH7121
אֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הִפְרַ֥נִיhif.Ra.nihe has made fruitful meH6509
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
בְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776
עָנְיִֽי\׃'a.ne.Yiaffliction myH6040

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 41:52

  • Genesis 49:22

    Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

  • Genesis 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.

  • Genesis 17:6

    And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

  • Isaiah 40:1-2

    Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

  • Psalms 105:17-18

    He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

  • Genesis 28:3

    And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

  • 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.

  • Genesis 30:6-13

    And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. …

  • Genesis 29:32-35

    And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

  • Genesis 48:16-19

    The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

  • Acts 7:10

    And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 2293. B.C. 1711. called he.
29:32-35; 30:6-13; 50:23
Ephraim. i.e., Fruitful.
48:16-19; 49:22; Isa 40:1,2
the land.
Ps 105:17,18; Am 6:6; Ac 7:10

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Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 41:53

    And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

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Genesis 41:52 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el nombre del segundo llamólo Ephraim; porque Dios (dijo) me hizo fértil en la tierra de mi aflicción.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il appela le nom du second Éphraïm: car Dieu m’a fait fructifier dans le pays de mon affliction.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und dem Zweiten gab er den Namen Ephraim: denn Gott hat mich fruchtbar gemacht im Lande meines Elends.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.