Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 47:18

"And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord`s; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:" — Genesis 47:18 (ASV)

The second year. —Not the second year of the famine, but the year following that in which they had given up their cattle.