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

And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.

And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.

And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.

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

and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.

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

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.

Congregavit itaque Joseph frumentum, tanquam arenam maris multum valde, adeo ut cessaverit numerari, quia non erat numerus.

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much,
until he left numbering,.... 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 (p), Joseph, when governor of Egypt, got together the corn of seven years, an immense quantity.
(p) Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 23. p. 430.