Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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}.
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 Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town. 49 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. 50 And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 22:17
That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
Judges 7:12
Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.
1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.
Psalm 78:27
He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,
Judges 6:5
For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.
Job 1:3
And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.
Jeremiah 33:22
As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.