Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Joseph
יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

צבר 
Tsabar 
Usage: 7

בּר בּר 
Bar 
Usage: 14

as the sand
חול 
Chowl 
Usage: 23

of the sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

רבה 
Rabah 
Usage: 224

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Joseph In Charge Of Egypt

48 And he gathereth all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and putteth food in the cities; the food of the field which is round about each city hath he put in its midst; 49 and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number. 50 And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him,



Cross References

Genesis 22:17

that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which is on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;

Judges 7:12

and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude.

1 Samuel 13:5

And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.

Psalm 78:27

And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,

Judges 6:5

for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.

Job 1:3

and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

Jeremiah 33:22

As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'

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