50. Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
51. Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”
52. The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”
53. The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end,
54. and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.