Genesis 41:21

41:21 When they had eaten them, ¹  no one would have known ²  that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up.

Genesis 41:51

41:51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, ³  saying, ⁴  “Certainly ⁵  God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”

Proverbs 31:7

31:7 let them ⁶  drink and forget ⁷  their poverty,

and remember their misery no more.

Isaiah 65:16

65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth ⁸ 

will do so in the name of the faithful God; ⁹ 

whoever makes an oath in the earth

will do so in the name of the faithful God. ¹⁰ 

For past problems will be forgotten;

I will no longer think about them. ¹¹ 

[41:21]  ¹ tn Heb “when they went inside them.”

[41:21]  ² tn Heb “it was not known.”

[41:51]  ³ sn The name Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה, mÿnasheh) describes God’s activity on behalf of Joseph, explaining in general the significance of his change of fortune. The name is a Piel participle, suggesting the meaning “he who brings about forgetfulness.” The Hebrew verb נַשַּׁנִי (nashani) may have been used instead of the normal נִשַּׁנִי (nishani) to provide a closer sound play with the name. The giving of this Hebrew name to his son shows that Joseph retained his heritage and faith; and it shows that a brighter future was in store for him.

[41:51]  ⁴ tn The word “saying” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[41:51]  ⁵ tn Or “for.”

[31:7]  ⁶ tn The subjects and suffixes are singular (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). Most other English versions render this as plural for stylistic reasons, in light of the preceding context.

[31:7]  ⁷ tn The king was not to “drink and forget”; the suffering are to “drink and forget.”

[65:16]  ⁸ tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.

[65:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”