49So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.
50And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.
51And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.
52And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.
53And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.
54Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
55And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.
