48. So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which was in the land of Egypt and laid up the food in the cities. He put in every city the food of the fields which surrounded the city.
49. Joseph gathered great quantities of grain as the sand of the sea until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
50. Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51. Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For God,” he said, “has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”
52. The name of the second he called Ephraim, saying, “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53. The seven years of abundance that were in the land of Egypt ended.