Genesis 32:12
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
13 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Du har jo selv sagt: Jeg vil alltid gjøre vel mot deg og la dine etterkommere bli som havets sand, som ikke kan telles for mengde.
- OTB
- Likevel har du lovet: ‘Jeg vil sannelig gjøre deg velstående og gjøre dine etterkommere så tallrike som sanden på havet, som ikke kan telles.’”
- B1930
- Du har jo selv sagt: Jeg vil alltid gjøre vel mot dig og la din ætt bli som havets sand, som ikke kan telles for mengde.
- BSB
- But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
- KJV
- And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
- WEB
- You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’”
- ASV
- And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
- DARBY
- And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
- BLB
- And You said, ‘I will surely do good with you and I will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be counted for multitude.’”
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Genesis 28:13–15
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Les i sammenhengHebrews 6:17
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
Les i sammenhengTitus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 46:3–4
“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
Les i sammenhengMatthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Les i sammenheng2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
Les i sammenheng1 Samuel 15:29
Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
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