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Genesis 41:49

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 41:49 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
Genesis 41:49 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 41

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48And 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.
49And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bare unto him.
51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, [said he], God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father`s house.
52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering, etc.] At first he took an account of the quantities that were bought and laid up, how much there was in each granary, until it amounted to so much, that there was no end of numbering it; it was like the sand of the sea, an hyperbolical expression, denoting the great abundance of it: for [it was] without number; not only the grains of corn, but even the measures of it, whatever were used; so Artapanus, an Heathen writer, says f1739 , Joseph, when governor of Egypt, got together the corn of seven years, an immense quantity.”
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