Holy Scripture
Genesis 41:52
A church father on this verse
“Notice that this child's name too is suggestive of gratitude. "Not only did he grant me forgetfulness of my distress," he is saying, "but he also made me prosper in the land where I suffered such awful humiliation as to be reduced to the limit and run a risk to life itself."”
Source: Septuagint
Original
52And he called the name of the second, Ephraim; For God, said he, has increased me in the land of my humiliation.
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In context
50And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.
51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasseh; For God, said he, has made me forget all my toils, and all my father’s house.
— Genesis 41:52 —
53And the seven years of plenty passed away, which were in the land of Egypt.
54And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.