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


In Context

46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt.

47 And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corm being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.

48 And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.

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

50 And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.

51 And he called the name of the first born Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.