King James Version
Genesis 41:49 in the King James Version says “And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.”
Genesis 41:49 · KJV
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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 Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. priest: or, prince
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. Manasseh: that is, Forgetting
KJV Study — Public Domain
“corn”
H1250grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
“of the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“very”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“until he left”
H2308properly, to be flabby, i.e., (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
“numbering”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“number”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
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