And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For,'said he , God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

And he called the name of the first born Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'

And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.

And he called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "God has caused me to forget all my labors and the house of my father."

Et vocavit Joseph nomen primogeniti, Menasseh: quia dixit, Oblivisci fecit me Deus omnis laboris mei, et omnis domus patris mei.

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my (o) father's house.
(o) Nonetheless, his father's house was the true Church of God: yet the company of the wicked and prosperity caused him to forget it.

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,.... Which signifies forgetfulness, as the reason of it shows:
for God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house; all his toil and labour in Potiphar's house, and especially in the prison; and all the injuries his brethren had done him; all this he was made to forget by the grandeur and honour, wealth and riches, power and authority he was possessed of; and indeed he had so much business upon his hands, that he had scarce time to think of his father, and his family.