Genesis 41:46–57

⁴⁷During the seven years of plenty the land produced abundant crops, ⁴⁸all of which Joseph collected and stored in the cities. In each city he stored the food from the fields around it. ⁴⁹There was so much corn that Joseph stopped measuring it—it was like the sand of the sea.

⁵⁰Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons by Asenath. ⁵¹He said, “God has made me forget all my sufferings and all my father’s family”; so he named his first son Manasseh.^{y 52}He also said, “God has given me children in the land of my trouble”; so he named his second son Ephraim.^z

⁵³The seven years of plenty that the land of Egypt had enjoyed came to an end, ^54*and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every other country, but there was food throughout Egypt. ^55*When the Egyptians began to be hungry, they cried out to the king for food. So he ordered them to go to Joseph and do what he told them. ⁵⁶The famine grew worse and spread over the whole country, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold corn to the Egyptians. ⁵⁷People came to Egypt from all over the world to buy corn from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.