⁵⁴ and ^(A)the seven years of famine began to come, ^(B)as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”

⁵ Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.