Genesis 41:49
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
In context
47 During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
48 During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
49 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.
50 Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
Genesis 41:49 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
- WEB World English Bible
- Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.