5347. Verses 50-52 And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of the famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh - for God has made me forget all my labour and all my father's house. And the name of the second he called Ephraim - for God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

'And to Joseph were born two sons' means the good and truth born from this. 'Before the year of famine came' means which were born through the natural. 'Whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him' means which were born from the marriage. 'And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh' means a new area of will within the natural, and the essential nature of it. 'For God has made me forget all my labour' means a removal after temptations have finished. 'And all my father's house' means the removal of hereditary evils. 'And the name of the second he called Ephraim' means a new area of understanding within the natural, and the essential nature of it. 'For God has made me fruitful' means leading to a multiplication of truth from good. 'In the land of my affliction' means where the temptations were undergone.