- Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."
- He named the second Ephraim, "For," he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
- When the seven years of plenty which had been in the land of Egypt came to an end,
- and 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.
- So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do."
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- 約瑟給長子起名叫瑪拿西、〔就是使之忘了的意思〕因為他說、 神使我忘了一切的困苦、和我父的全家。
- 他給次子起名叫以法蓮、〔就是使之昌盛的意思〕因為他說、 神使我在受苦的地方昌盛。
- 埃及地的七個豊年一完、
- 七個荒年就來了、正如約瑟所說的.各地都有饑荒、惟獨埃及全地有糧食。
- 及至埃及全地有了饑荒、眾民向法老哀求糧食、法老對他們說、你們往約瑟那裡去、凡他所說的你們都要作。
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