Genesis 41:46–57

⁴⁶Joseph was thirty years old^s when he entered the service^t of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt. ⁴⁷During the seven years of abundance^u the land produced plentifully. ⁴⁸Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities.^v In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. ⁴⁹Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea;^w it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

⁵⁰Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.^{x 51}Joseph named his firstborn^y Manasseh^ez and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” ⁵²The second son he named Ephraim^fa and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful^b in the land of my suffering.”

⁵³The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end, ⁵⁴and the seven years of famine^c began,^d just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food. ⁵⁵When all Egypt began to feel the famine,^e the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.”^f

⁵⁶When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians,^g for the famine^h was severe throughout Egypt.^{i 57}And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph,^j because the famine was severe everywhere.^k