Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, ¹  until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

biblegateway Gen 41:49

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

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

Joseph stored up grain in huge quantities like the sand on the seashore. He had so much that he finally gave up keeping any records because he couldn’t measure it all.

biblegateway Gen 41:49

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.

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.

bibleoremus Gen 41:49

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

He stored the grain in huge quantities; it was like the sand of the sea, so much that he stopped measuring: it was beyond all measure.

biblegateway Gen 41:49

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

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

biblegateway Gen 41:49

Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, ¹  until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

¹ tn Heb “and Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, multiplying much.” To emphasize the vast amount of grain he stored up, the Hebrew text modifies the verb “gathered” with an infinitive absolute and an adverb.