50. Two sons also had been born to Joseph before the year of famine came, born to him by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
51. Joseph named his first-born Manasseh, “because God has caused me to forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”
52. And the second he named Ephraim, “because God has made me fruitful in the land of my oppression.”
53. Then the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
54. and the seven years of famine started to come—just as Joseph had said. So there was famine in all the lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was bread.
55. When the whole land of Egypt suffered famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, and Pharaoh said to all of Egypt, “Go to Joseph. Do whatever he tells you.”
56. The famine was over all the entire land, so Joseph opened up all that was among them and sold grain to Egypt. Then the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
57. Yet the whole world came to Egypt to buy grain—to Joseph—because the famine was severe in the whole world.