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47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Genesis 41:47 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 46-57)Observe here, I. The building of Joseph’s family in the birth of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Gen. 41:50-52. In the names he gave them, he owned the divine Providence giving this happy turn to his affairs, 1. He was made to forget his misery, Job 11:16. We should bear our afflictions when they are present as those that know not but Providence may so outweigh them by after-comforts as that we ma...
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