48 So he gathered all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields. 49 Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure. And the chapter closes, noting the birth of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, both of whose names praise God, first for his preservation and second for his blessing, and then reports