Genesis 41:49

Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, ¹  until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

biblegateway Gen 41:49

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.

biblegateway Gen 41:49

Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.

biblegateway Gen 41:49

After seven years, the granaries were filled to overflowing. There was so much grain, like sand on the seashore, that the people could not keep track of the amount.

biblegateway Gen 41:49

Joseph collected so much grain--it was like the sand of the ocean!--that he finally quit keeping track.

SABDAweb Gen 41:49

So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

bibleoremus Gen 41:49

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

biblegateway Gen 41:49

Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.

biblegateway Gen 41:49

Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, ¹  until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

¹ tn 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.