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.
54. The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but there was food in all the land of Egypt.
55. When all the land of Egypt was hungry, the people cried to Pharaoh for food, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. Do whatever he says to you.”
56. The famine was over all the face of the earth, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians, and the famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.
57. Moreover, all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was so severe in all the lands.