Manasseh. — That is, causing to forget. Joseph has been blamed for forgetting “his father’s house,” but the phrase means that now that he was married and had a child, he ceased to suffer from home sickness, and became contented with his lot. He pined no longer for the open downs of Canaan as he had done in the prison; but his love for his father was as warm as ever.
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Genesis 41:51
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh:j For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.