Genesis 41:49
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
In other versions
And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
ASV
So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.
BBE
And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
DBY
Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
WEB
and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.
YLT
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
ENG
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
WBT
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
BSB
In context
47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48And 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.
49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Joseph