Genesis 41:46-57

New American Standard Bible

⁴⁶ Now Joseph was ^(A)thirty years old when he ^[a]stood in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ During the seven years of plenty the land produced ^[b]abundantly. ⁴⁸ So he collected all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and put the food in the cities; he put in every city the food from its own surrounding fields. ⁴⁹ Joseph stored up grain ^[c]in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped ^[d]measuring it, for it was ^[e]beyond measure.

The Sons of Joseph

⁵⁰ Now before the year of famine came, ^(B)two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of ^[f]On, bore to him. ⁵¹ Joseph named the firstborn ^[g]Manasseh; “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all of my father’s household.” ⁵² And he named the second ^[h]Ephraim; “For,” he said, “^(C)God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

⁵³ When the seven years of plenty which had taken place in the land of Egypt came to an end, ⁵⁴ and ^(D)the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ So when all the land of Egypt suffered famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; ^(E)whatever he says to you, you shall do.” ⁵⁶ When the famine was spread over the entire face of the earth, then Joseph opened all ^[i]the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. ⁵⁷ Then the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because ^(F)the famine was severe in all the earth.