52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
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Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
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.
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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