51 Joseph named the firstborn Ma·nasʹseh,*+ for he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all the house of my father.” 52 And he named the second one Eʹphra·im,*+ for he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”+

9 “‘I will direct my favor to* you and make you fruitful and multiply you,+ and I will keep my covenant with you.+