52
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 52. Ephraim. That is, fruitful, or growing. Challoner.—Being in the plural number, it means “productions.”—Poverty; where I have been poor and afflicted, though now advanced in honour. Bible.
“Ephraim” sounds like the Hebrew for “twice fruitful”.
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