The second year. — Not the second year of the famine, but the year following that in which they had given up their cattle.
Related Commentaries of Genesis 47:18
Genesis 47:18
18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: