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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.”

Genesis 41:51 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૪૧:૫૧
યૂસફે પોતાના જ્યેષ્ઠ દીકરાનું નામ મનાશ્શા પાડ્યું, કેમ કે તેણે કહ્યું, “ઈશ્વરે મારાં સર્વ કષ્ટ તથા મારા પિતાના ઘરનું સર્વ મને વીસરાવી દીધું છે.”
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ४१:५१
और यूसुफ ने अपने जेठे का नाम यह कहकर मनश्शे रखा, कि ‘परमेश्वर ने मुझसे मेरा सारा क्लेश, और मेरे पिता का सारा घराना भुला दिया है।’

In context

49Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

50To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.

51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”

52The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

53The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

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