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Genesis 41:49
And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.
Genesis 41:49 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 41:49 in other translations
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left 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.
Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
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In context
46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao), and he went round all the countries of Egypt.
47 And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves, was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.
48 And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.
49 And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.
50 And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis, bore unto him.
51 And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.
52 And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
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