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.


In Context

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout Egypt.

47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully.

48 Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.

49 Joseph 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.

50 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, "It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."

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 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 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.