Genesis 41:49
ContextNET © | 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. |
NIV © | 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. |
NASB © | Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure. |
NLT © | 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. |
MSG © | Joseph collected so much grain--it was like the sand of the ocean!--that he finally quit keeping track. |
BBE © | 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. |
NRSV © | So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it; it was beyond measure. |
NKJV © | Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable. |
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NET © | 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. |
NET © Notes |
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. |