50. Before the years of famine arrived, Asenath the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, gave birth to two sons for Joseph.
51. Joseph named the oldest son Manasseh, "because," he said, "God has helped me forget all of my troubles and everyone in my father’s household."
52. He named the second Ephraim, "because," he said, "God has given me children in the land where I’ve been treated harshly."
53. The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
54. and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. The famine struck every country, but the entire land of Egypt had bread.
55. When the famine ravaged the entire land of Egypt and the people pleaded to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh said to all of the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. Do whatever he tells you."
56. The famine covered every part of the land, and Joseph opened all of the granaries and sold grain to the Egyptians. In the land of Egypt, the famine became more and more severe.