And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without number.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Joseph amassa du blé, comme le sable de la mer, en quantité si considérable que l'on cessa de compter, parce qu'il n'y avait plus de nombre.
KJV
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without number.
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
Αἰγύπτῳ συναχθέντα σῖτόν φησιν ὁ νόμος μὴ δυνηθῆναι ἀριθμηθῆναι, καὶ ἐπιφέρει· „οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀριθμός“ (Gen. 41,49), ἐπειδὴ τὰ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων παθῶν θρεπτικὰ οὐκ ἄξια συνόλως ἀριθμεῖσθαι. ἡ δὲ ῥάβδος παιδείας σύμβολον· ἄνευ γὰρ τοῦ δυσωπηθῆναι καὶ περὶ ἐνίων ἐπιπληχθῆνα…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
habitant terrena animalia. Inter. 265. Quomodo multitudo [frugum] arenae [multitudini] comparatur (Gen. XLI, 49) ?--- Resp. Quia sicut arena innumerabilis est, ita multitudo frugum usitato numero comprehendi non potest [ Ms., poterat]. [Col. 0556A] Inter. 266. Quomodo de viro…
Brooks
CSCO 087 (Syr 41) — Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae I (versio)
um graecum. ego (Londinii, 1918) anglice reddidi, et vers. arm. Issa- verdens (Venetiis, 1901). — * Gen., XLI, 49. — š Se. ' speciem 1. — °ŠSyr. * Raphqa °. p * magna atque altissima, et domui patris eius contigua. Et supra hanc erat domus quaedam magna, in qua cubicu…
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