49And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.


In Context

46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

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.

49 And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.

50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bare unto him.

51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For,'said he , God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

Genesis 41:49 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without number.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

41:49Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:49And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:49And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:49And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:49Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:49and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.