48 Joseph collected and stored up the extra grain in the cities of Egypt near the fields where it was harvested.
49 In fact, there was so much grain that they stopped keeping record, because it was like counting the grains of sand along the beach.
50 Joseph and his wife had two sons before the famine began.
51 Their first son was named Manasseh, which means, “God has let me forget all my troubles and my family back home.”
52 His second son was named Ephraim, which means “God has made me a success in the land where I suffered.”
53 Egypt's seven years of plenty came to an end,
54 and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was not enough food in other countries, but all over Egypt there was plenty.