Genesis 41:49

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 41:49

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 41

⁴⁷ During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.

⁴⁸ During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.

⁴⁹ So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

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

⁵¹ Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”

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