Genesis 41:52 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the name of the second called he Ephraim:k For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. ”

Genesis 41:52 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר y e 'or , “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ 'āchû , “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is...
Genesis 41:52 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41. Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams and is Made Viceroy of Egypt. This is mainly from E, Genesis 41:1-28 apart from Genesis 41:15 b , and perhaps Genesis 41:9 b entirely so. But...
Genesis 41:52 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 41:52 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. Ephraim, х 'Epraayim ( H669 )] - i:e., 'double fruitfulness,' referring e...
Genesis 41:52 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Dreams of Pharaoh and the Advancement of Joseph 1. Pharaoh] It is believed that a dynasty of Asiatic (perhaps Bedouin) conquerors, known as the Hyksôs or Shepherd kings, were now in power in E...
Genesis 41:52 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephraim. — That is, fruitfulness. The dual ending probably intensifies the meaning.
Genesis 41:52 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PHARAOH'S DREAMS Genesis 41:1-57 "Thus saith the Lord, that frustrateth the tokens of the liars and maketh diviners mad; that confirmeth the word of His servant, and performeth the counsel of H...
Genesis 41:52 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph, Exalted, Prepares for Famine Genesis 41:37-57 The Spirit of God was evidently in Joseph, but so far from rendering him a mere visionary, it made him eminently practical. Have your visio...
Genesis 41:52 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Still the divine activity proceeded. Now it was Pharaoh who dreamed, and now the butler remembered. The result was that Joseph was brought before the king, and as he stood in the royal presence he wa...
Genesis 41:52 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Sweet thought suggested here, in the view of the perishing Egyptians going unto Joseph; to teach perishing sinners how to go unto JESUS. Hebrews 12:2 .
Genesis 41:52 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the name of the second called he Ephraim ,.... Which signifies fruits or fruitfulness; and being of the dual number, may intend both his spiritual and temporal fruitfulness God had blessed him w...
Genesis 41:52 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. Ver. 52. See Trapp on " Gen 41:51 " This Ephraim was afterwards, by Jacob, set...
Genesis 41:52 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DREAMS SENT BY GOD TO PHARAOH Joseph remained in prison two full years longer, a further time of learning in humiliation the practical lesson of self-discipline. But he was under God's eye, and at...
Genesis 41:52 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Famine in Egypt and Canaan. B. C. 1706. 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when...
Genesis 41:52 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1711 In the land which hitherto hath been to me a land of affliction.
Genesis 41:52 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, which Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for he sai...
Genesis 41:52 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 41:47 . By handfuls.] “Not in single stalks or grains, but in handfuls compared with the former yield.”—( Murphy ) Genesis 41:51 . Manasseh. ] That is, causing to f...
Genesis 41:52 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:1 . Pharaoh dreamed. See on Isaiah 4:2 . Whatever be the pleas of atheism and materialism against dreams of a prophetic character, it is evident enough from the gentile mythology, and...
Genesis 41:52 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt Joseph advanced to power I. THE RIPENESS OF HIS AGE AND EXPERIENCE. Providence, which prepares events...
Genesis 41:52 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt —literally, a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh . If, therefore, he...
Genesis 41:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Seven Years of Plenty
Genesis 41:52 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2293. B.C. 1711. called he. Genesis 29:32-35 Genesis 30:6-13 Genesis 50:23 Ephraim. i.e., Fruitful. Genesis 48:16-19 Genesis 49:22 Isaiah 40:1 Isaiah 40:2 the land. Psalms 105:17...
Genesis 41:52 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joseph, the Administrator Genesis 41:45-57 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We delight in stepping into the scenes that covered fourteen years of Egyptian history seven years of plenty, and seven years of f...

Genesis 41:52 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 41:52 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 41:52 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 41:52 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 41:52 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 41:52 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 41:52 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:52 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 41:52 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:52 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 41:52 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 41:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 41:52 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 41:52 - Wells of Living Water Commentary