OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 41:51

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Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”

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Verse 51. Manasses. That is, oblivion, or forgetting. Challoner.—Father’s house, or the injuries received from my brethren. Bible.

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“Manasseh” sounds like the Hebrew for “forget”.

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