#before the years of famine came

This speaks about years as if they are something that travels and comes to a place. AT: "before the seven years of the famine began" (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])

#Asenath

See how you translated this is [[:en:bible:notes:gen:41:44|41:45]].

#daughter of Potiphera

See how you translated this in [[:en:bible:notes:gen:41:44|41:45]].

#priest of On

See how you translated this in [[:en:bible:notes:gen:41:44|41:45]].

#Manasseh

Translators may also add a footnote that says, "The name 'Manasseh' means 'to cause to forget.'"

#father's household

This refers to Joseph's father Jacob and his family.

#Ephraim

Translators may also add a footnote that says, "The name 'Ephraim' means 'to be fruitful' or 'to have children.'"

#made me fruitful

Here "fruitful" means to prosper or to have children. (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom]])

#in the land of my affliction

The abstract noun "affliction" can be stated as "I have suffered." AT: "in this land where I have suffered" (UDB) (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_abstractnouns]])