Genesis 41:46–57

⁴⁶(Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao), and he went round all the countries of Egypt.

⁴⁷And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves, was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.

⁴⁸And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.

⁴⁹And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.

⁵⁰And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis, bore unto him.

⁵¹And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father’s house.

⁵²And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.

⁵³Now when the seven years of plenty that had been in Egypt were passed:

⁵⁴The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.

⁵⁵And when there also they began to be famished, the people cried to Pharao, for food. And he said to them: Go to Joseph: and do all that he shall say to you.

⁵⁶And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.

⁵⁷And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.