Genesis 41:51 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;`

And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my fathers house.

English Amplified

And Joseph called the firstborn Manasseh [making to forget], For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil and hardship and all my father's house.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And Joseph called the firstborn Manasseh [making to forget], For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil and hardship and all my father's house.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh and said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

English EASY 2024

Joseph called his firstborn son Manasseh. Joseph said, ‘God has made me forget all the trouble that my father's family has given to me.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Joseph named the first son Manasseh. He was given this name because Joseph said, "God made me forget all of my hard work and everything back home in my father's house."

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He said, “God has made me forget all my sufferings and all my father's family”; so he named his first son Manasseh.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, "God has made me forget all my troubles and the family of my father."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, "God has made me forget all my hardship in my father's house."

English KJV 1611

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

And Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

He named his first-born Manasseh, meaning, "God has made me forget entirely the sufferings I endured at the hands of my family";

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Joseph named his first son Manasseh. That's because he said, "God has made me forget all of my trouble and my father's whole family."

Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, "It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."

English NKJ 1982

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

Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, "God has made me forget all my troubles and the family of my father."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my troubles and my parental home.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Joseph named his oldest son Manasseh (meaning “Made to Forget“—what he meant was that God had made up to him for all the anguish of his youth, and for the loss of his father's home).

English Tyndale 1537

And he called the name of the first son Manasse, for God (said he) hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household.