Genesis 41:50-52

Common English Bible

⁵⁰ Before the years of famine arrived, Asenath the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis,^[a] gave birth to two sons for Joseph. ⁵¹ Joseph named the oldest son Manasseh,^[b] “because,” he said, “God has helped me forget all of my troubles and everyone in my father’s household.” ⁵² He named the second Ephraim,^[c] “because,” he said, “God has given me children in the land where I’ve been treated harshly.”