Genesis 41:49

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⁴⁹And Joseph piled up grain like the sand of the sea in great abundance until he stopped counting it, for it could not be counted.^w

And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.

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.

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it because it was beyond measure.

He piled up huge amounts of grain like sand on the seashore. Finally, he stopped keeping records because there was too much to measure.

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

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