InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Gen C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50
Gen 41 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47 V51 V53 V55 V57
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Joseph (son of Jacob)
OET-LV And_ Yōşēf _he_heaped_up grain like_the_sand_of the_sea much very until if/because he_ceased to_measure_it if/because there_was_not measure.
OET (OET-RV) So Yosef stored up so much grain that it was like sand on the beaches, until he eventually stopped measuring it because it too much to calculate.
וַיִּצְבֹּ֨ר יוֹסֵ֥ף
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_heaped_up Yōşēf/(Joseph) grain like,the_sand_of the=sea in_~_abundance very until that/for/because/then/when stopped to,measure_[it] that/for/because/then/when not counted )
See how you translated store/stockpile in verse 35. Alternate translation: [Joseph had his helpers store up]
בָּ֛ר כְּח֥וֹל הַיָּ֖ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_heaped_up Yōşēf/(Joseph) grain like,the_sand_of the=sea in_~_abundance very until that/for/because/then/when stopped to,measure_[it] that/for/because/then/when not counted )
See how you translated “as the sand of the sea” in Genesis 32:12 and a similar phrase in Genesis 22:17. Alternate translation: [so much grain that it looked as plentiful as grains of sand beside the sea] or [… as plentiful as the grains of sand on the beach]
הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד עַ֛ד כִּי
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_heaped_up Yōşēf/(Joseph) grain like,the_sand_of the=sea in_~_abundance very until that/for/because/then/when stopped to,measure_[it] that/for/because/then/when not counted )
Alternate translation: [In fact, there was so much that] or [In fact, it was so plentiful that after a while]
חָדַ֥ל לִסְפֹּ֖ר
stopped (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_heaped_up Yōşēf/(Joseph) grain like,the_sand_of the=sea in_~_abundance very until that/for/because/then/when stopped to,measure_[it] that/for/because/then/when not counted )
It was probably Joseph’s helpers who measured the grain and kept records of it. See how you handled this at the beginning of this verse. Alternate translation: [he had them stop keeping track of it] or [they had to stop writing down how much there was]
כִּי־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_heaped_up Yōşēf/(Joseph) grain like,the_sand_of the=sea in_~_abundance very until that/for/because/then/when stopped to,measure_[it] that/for/because/then/when not counted )
Alternate translation: [because there was so much that they could no longer record it]
OET-LV And_ Yōşēf _he_heaped_up grain like_the_sand_of the_sea much very until if/because he_ceased to_measure_it if/because there_was_not measure.
OET (OET-RV) So Yosef stored up so much grain that it was like sand on the beaches, until he eventually stopped measuring it because it too much to calculate.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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