Genesis 41:52
New International Version
The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

New Living Translation
Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”

English Standard Version
The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Berean Standard Bible
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

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

New King James Version
And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

New American Standard Bible
And he named the second Ephraim; “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

NASB 1995
He named the second Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

NASB 1977
And he named the second Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And he named the second Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Amplified Bible
He named the second [son] Ephraim (fruitfulness), for “God has caused me to be fruitful and very successful in the land of my suffering.”

Christian Standard Bible
And the second son he named Ephraim and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And the second son he named Ephraim, meaning, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the name of the other he called Aphreim, because, “God made me fruitful in the land of my bondage.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he called the name of the second, Ephraim; for God, said he, has increased me in the land of my humiliation.

Contemporary English Version
His second son was named Ephraim, which means "God has made me a success in the land where I suffered."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he named the second Epharaim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He named the second son Ephraim [Blessed Twice With Children], because God gave him children in the land where he had suffered.

Good News Translation
He also said, "God has given me children in the land of my trouble"; so he named his second son Ephraim.

International Standard Version
He named his second son Ephraim because, he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my troubles."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: 'for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'

Literal Standard Version
and the name of the second he has called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Majority Standard Bible
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

New American Bible
and the second he named Ephraim, meaning, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

NET Bible
He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

New Revised Standard Version
The second he named Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my misfortunes.”

New Heart English Bible
And the name of the second he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

Webster's Bible Translation
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

World English Bible
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Young's Literal Translation
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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Context
The Seven Years of Plenty
51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.” 52 And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Cross References
Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

Genesis 41:51
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's household."

Genesis 41:53
When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

Genesis 48:1
Some time later Joseph was told, "Your father is ill." So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:14
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh's head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful vine--a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.


Treasury of Scripture

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

A.

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…

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…

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.

Ephraim.

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…

Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Isaiah 40:1,2
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God…

the land.

Psalm 105:17,18
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: …

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.

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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Genesis 41
1. Pharaoh has two dreams.
9. Joseph interprets them.
33. He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married.
46. The seven years of plenty.
50. He begets children.
53. The famine begins.














(52) Ephraim.--That is, fruitfulness. The dual ending probably intensifies the meaning.

Verse 52. - And the name of the second called he Ephraim: - "Double Fruitfulness" (Keil), "Double Land" (Gesenius), "Fruit." (Furst) - For God (Elohim) hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. This language shows that Joseph had not quite forgotten "all his toil."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the second [son]
הַשֵּׁנִ֖י (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

he named
שֵׁ֥ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

Ephraim,
אֶפְרָ֑יִם (’ep̄·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory

saying,
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

“God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has made me fruitful
הִפְרַ֥נִי (hip̄·ra·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful

in the land
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of my affliction.”
עָנְיִֽי׃ (‘ā·nə·yî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6040: Affliction, poverty


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