48. And now all the abundance of grain was stored away in every city.
49. And there was such a great abundance of wheat that it was comparable to the sands of the sea, and its bounty exceeded all measure.
50. Then, before the famine arrived, Joseph had two sons born, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him.
51. And he called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "God has caused me to forget all my labors and the house of my father."
52. Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, "God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty."
53. And so, when the seven years of fertility that occurred in Egypt had passed,
54. the seven years of destitution, which Joseph had predicted, began to arrive. And the famine prevailed throughout the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
55. And being hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh, asking for provisions. And he said to them: "Go to Joseph. And do whatever he will tell you."