that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 41:49 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it could not be measured. American Standard Version (1901) And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number. Common English Bible Joseph amassed grain like the sand of the sea. There was so much that he stopped trying to measure it because it was beyond measuring. Catholic Public Domain Version And there was such a great abundance of wheat that it was comparable to the sands of the sea, and its bounty exceeded all measure. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea: and the plenty exceeded measure. |
that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bare unto him.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east
He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged fowl as the sand of the seas:
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea shore for multitude.
And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.