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Genesis 41:49

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

KJV

Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.

Vulgate

καὶ συνήγαγεν Ἰωσὴφ σῖτον ὡσεὶ τὴν ἄμμον τῆς θαλάσσης πολὺν σφόδρα, ἕως οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀριθμῆσαι, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀριθμός. ⸆

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּצְבֹּ֨ר יוֹסֵ֥ף בָּ֛ר כְּ/ח֥וֹל הַ/יָּ֖ם הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד עַ֛ד כִּי חָדַ֥ל לִ/סְפֹּ֖ר כִּי אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶחְדָּ֑ל
'chdl
verb · 59×
בָּ֑ר
br
noun · 13×
ה
h
noun · 393×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
ח֣וֹל
chvl
noun · 23×
יִּצְבְּר֥וּ
ytsbrv
verb · 7×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מִסְפַּ֣ר
mspr
noun · 134×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 4:29 — And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
  • Ps 78:27 — He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: