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Genesis 41:49 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number. "
Genesis 41:49
Verse in Context
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47 In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
48 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. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
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Genesis 41:1
"At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river."
Genesis 41:2
"Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass."
Genesis 41:3
"Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river."
Genesis 41:4
"The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke."
Genesis 41:5
"He slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good."
Genesis 41:6
"Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them."
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