51. And he called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "God has caused me to forget all my labors and the house of my father."
52. Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, "God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty."
53. And so, when the seven years of fertility that occurred in Egypt had passed,
54. the seven years of destitution, which Joseph had predicted, began to arrive. And the famine prevailed throughout the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
55. And being hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh, asking for provisions. And he said to them: "Go to Joseph. And do whatever he will tell you."
56. Then the famine increased daily in all the land. And Joseph opened all of the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. For the famine had oppressed them also.
57. And all the provinces came to Egypt, to buy food and to temper the misfortune of their destitution.