Genesis 41:51-53

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵¹ Joseph called the name of the first-born Manas′seh,^[a] “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.” ⁵² The name of the second he called E′phraim,^[b] “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

⁵³ The seven years of plenty that prevailed in the land of Egypt came to an end;