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Genesis 41:49

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41:49Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea,96 until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

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  1. 96 Heb “and Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, multiplying much.” To emphasize the vast amount of grain he stored up, the Hebrew text modifies the verb “gathered” with an infinitive absolute and an adverb.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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