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46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king
of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by
handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in
the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
The performance of Joseph's trust. He was
found faithful to it, as a steward ought to be. 1.
He was diligent in laying up, while the plenty
lasted, Ge 41:48, 49. He that thus gathers is a
wise son.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until
he left numbering; for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons, before the years of famine
came: which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh [forgetting]:
For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
The building of Joseph's family in the birth of
two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Ge 41:50-
52. In the names he gave them, he owned the
divine Providence giving this happy turn to his
affairs,
1. He was made to forget his misery, Job 11:16.
We should bear our afflictions when they are
present as those that know not but Providence
may so outweigh them by after-comforts as that