46. Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and traveled through the whole land of Egypt.
47. And the land produced a plenty in the seven years of abundance.
48. And he gathered all the food of the seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt. And he stored the food in the cities. The food of the field that surrounded each city he stored in its midst.
49. And Joseph piled up grain like the sand of the sea in great abundance until he stopped counting it, for it could not be counted.
50. Before the years of famine came, Asenath, daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore two sons to him.
51. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for he said, “God has caused me to forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”
52. And the name of the second he called Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my misfortune.”