46. Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.
47. During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.
48. Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.
49. Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.
50. Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother.
51. Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”