52 And the second son he named Ephraim[a] and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

53 Then the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end, 54 and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

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Footnotes

  1. 41:52 In Hb, the name Ephraim sounds like the word for “fruitful.”

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