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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
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.
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 corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)