Genesis 41:49
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And 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: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
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Compare
- 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.
- KJV
- And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
- WEB
- Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
- ASV
- And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
- DARBY
- And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
- BLB
- And Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he stopped counting, for [it was] without number.
- ÅB
- Så hopet da Josef opp korn som havets sand, i svære mengder, inntil de holdt opp med å telle; for det var ikke tall på det.
- OTB
- Josef lagret opp enorme mengder korn, som sanden ved havet; det var så mye at han sluttet å måle det fordi det var uten mål.
- B1930
- Så hopet da Josef op korn som havets sand, i svære mengder, inntil de holdt op med å telle; for det var ikke tall på det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
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Cross references
Psalms 78:27
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
Read in context1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
Read in contextGenesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Read in contextJudges 7:12
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
Read in contextJudges 6:5
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:22
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Read in contextJob 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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