Genesis 41:51

51. Manasseh We must not construe this name and its signification so as to imply that Joseph allowed himself to forget, or desired to forget, his father’s house . He now came more and more to see how God had a hand in his exile, and was making all his labour and sorrow work for good . This was causing him to forget, that is, to overlook the dark side of his exile . But we should also note, that in giving Ephraim his name (Genesis 41:52) he calls Egypt “the land of my affliction,” as if he still felt that Egypt was not his proper home, and his interests were in the land of promise . Ephraim and Manasseh, though born of an Egyptian mother, became the heads of very prominent tribes in Israel .