Genesis 41:49
World English Bible (WEB)
Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
In context
47 In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
48 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. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
Genesis 41:49 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.