Two sons — In the names he gave them, he owned the divine Providence giving this happy turn to his affairs. He was made to forget his misery, but could he be so unnatural as to forget all his father's house? And he was made fruitful in the land of his affliction. It had been the land of his affliction, and, in some sense, it was still so, for his distance from his father was still his affliction. Ephraim signifies fruitfulness, and Manasseh forgetfulness.
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Genesis 41:50
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priesti of On bare unto him.