Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Joseph piled up grain like the sand of the sea in great abundance until he stopped counting [it], for {it could not be counted}.
New American Standard Bible
Thus Joseph stored up grain
King James Version
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Holman Bible
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it because it was beyond measure.
International Standard Version
Joseph stored up so much grain like sand on the seashore in so much abundance! that he stopped keeping records because it was proving to be impossible to measure how much they were gathering.
A Conservative Version
And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering, for it was without number.
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.
Amplified
Thus Joseph gathered and stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting it, for it could not be measured.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joseph will gather grain as the sand of the sea, exceedingly much that he ceased to number; for there was no numbering.
King James 2000
And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he quit numbering; for it was without number.
Modern King James verseion
And Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he quit numbering it; for it was without number.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Joseph laid up corn in store, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, until he left numbering: For it was without number.
NET Bible
Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.
New Heart English Bible
Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus did Joseph heap up corn like the sand of the sea making it exceeding abundant, - until one hath left off reckoning, because it cannot be reckoned.
Webster
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
World English Bible
Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Agriculture » Products of » Grain
Egypt » History of israel in » Joseph's successful provision against the years of famine
Frugality » Instances of » The provisions made by the egyptians against famine
Government » Paternal functions of
Joseph » Son of jacob » Provides against the seven years of famine
Joseph » Son of jacob » His wisdom
Prudence » Instances of » Joseph, in the affairs of egypt
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Joseph, in how he conducted the affairs of egypt
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 41:49
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph In Charge Of Egypt
48 And he gathered all the food of the seven years which [occurred] in the land of Egypt. And he stored the food in the cities. The food of the field that surrounded [each] city he stored in its midst. 49 And Joseph piled up grain like the sand of the sea in great abundance until he stopped counting [it], for {it could not be counted}. 50 Before the years of famine came, Asenath, daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore two sons to him.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 22:17
that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies.
Judges 7:12
Now [the] Midianites, Amalekites, and all the people of [the] east [were] lying in the valley, like a great multitude of locusts; their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand that [is] on the shore of the sea.
1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and an army as numerous as sand which [is] on the seashore. And they came up and encamped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.
Psalm 78:27
Then he rained meat on them like dust, even winged birds like [the] sand of [the] seas.
Judges 6:5
For they, their livestock, and their tents would come up like a great number of locusts; they and their camels could not be counted; they came into the land and devoured it.
Job 1:3
Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.
Jeremiah 33:22
As the host of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will make numerous the offspring of David my servant and the Levites [who] minister [to] me.'"