Genesis 41:52

Attributed to Jörg Breu the Younger, Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh, c. 1534–1547 · Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0Attributed to Jörg Breu the Younger, Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh, c. 1534–1547, Metropolitan Museum of Art

VerseOld Testament · Read in context

Genesis 41:52 (WEB)
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Fathers and councils · 1

Jerome, Letters Letter 79
“He was made next to Pharaoh and invested with the emblems of royalty; yet so dear was he to God that, alone of all the patriarchs, he became the father of two tribes.” — editor's note: Gen. xli. 50–52.
Read the whole comment

Connections

Cited by · 1

PassageLetters Letter 79

Around this entry

Open the whole map

Old Testament verses
New Testament verses
Passages
Favorites
prefigures → fulfilled
taught → disciple · succeeded →

Hover to trace, click to select, double-click to open.