Genesis 41, 42

(continued from Sept.) c.  He keeps the faith. He is faithful in performing his new responsibilities as sent here by God. Two sons are born to him.  The first Manasseh, which means “causing to forget”, expressing that he could now forget the sting of being sold as a slave, since God was with him even here in Egypt.  The second, Ephraim, means “double fruitfulness”, expressing hope for the realization of God’s covenant in the line of his generations, even though temporarily separated from the...