Genesis 41:49 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

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

English Amplified

And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it could not be measured.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it could not be measured.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian 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.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.

English EASY 2024

In this way, Joseph stored a lot of food. The food grains were as many as the sand by the sea! Joseph stopped counting how much food he had stored because there was too much food to measure.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Joseph stored so much grain that it was like the sands of the sea. He stored so much grain that it could not be measured.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

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.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

There was so much grain that Joseph stopped measuring it—it was like the sand of the sea.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Joseph gathered great quantities of grain as the sand of the sea until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Joseph garnered grain in quantities like the sands of the sea, so vast that at last he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Joseph stored up huge amounts of grain. It was like the sand of the sea. There was so much grain it couldn't be measured. So Joseph stopped keeping records of it.

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.

English NKJ 1982

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

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.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

He gathered such massive quantities of produce that he gave up trying to measure it all, for it was like counting the sand on the seashore.

English RSV (Revised 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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

After seven years of this, the granaries were full to overflowing, and there was so much that no one kept track of the amount.

English Tyndale 1537

And Joseph laid up corn in store, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, until he left numbering: For it was without number.