Genesis 41:49
in Genesis 41So 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
KJV
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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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering,....
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּצְבֹּ֨ר | vaiyitzbor | and he stored up | H6651 → | |
| יוֹסֵ֥ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| בָּ֛ר | bar | grain | H1250 → | 14 times |
| כְּח֥וֹל | kechol | like [the] sand of | H2344 → | 23 times |
| הַיָּ֖ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הַרְבֵּ֣ה | harbeh | much | H7235 → | 227 times |
| מְאֹ֑ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| עַ֛ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| חָדַ֥ל | chadal | he ceased | H2308 → | 58 times |
| לִסְפֹּ֖ר | lispor | to measure [it] | H5608 → | 159 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֵ֥ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| מִסְפָּֽר׃ | mispar | [was] a measure | H4557 → |
וַיִּצְבֹּ֨רand he stored up
vaiyitzborH6651 →
יוֹסֵ֥ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
בָּ֛רgrain
barH1250 →14 times
כְּח֥וֹלlike [the] sand of
kecholH2344 →23 times
הַיָּ֖םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
הַרְבֵּ֣הmuch
harbehH7235 →227 times
מְאֹ֑דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
עַ֛דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
חָדַ֥לhe ceased
chadalH2308 →58 times
לִסְפֹּ֖רto measure [it]
lisporH5608 →159 times
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֵ֥יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
מִסְפָּֽר׃[was] a measure
misparH4557 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
it leads to
- Genesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Jeremiah 33:22
As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister…
- Genesis 26:4
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
- Numbers 24:17–19
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
- Genesis 15:5
Through
1 Samuel 13:5Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…
it leads to
- Joshua 11:4
So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 11:4
Through
Judges 6:5For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
it leads to
- Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 7:12
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Judges 8:10
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