50. To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51. Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
52. The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53. The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
54. The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.