48 So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them.
49 Joseph gathered very much grain, aas the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.
50 aAnd to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn1 Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my afather’s house.”
52 And the name of the second he called1 Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be afruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended,
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