Manasseh (tribal patriarch)

Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh (Benjamin West, 1766-68)

Manasseh was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Joseph and Asenath (Genesis 41:50-52). Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom the Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On (Genesis 41:50-52). Manasseh was born in Egypt before the arrival of the children of Israel from Canaan (Genesis 48:5).

Quotes about

• Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.”

• Genesis 41:51 NKJV.

See also

• Ephraim (brother)
• Tribe of Manasseh