Genesis 32:12

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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,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.’”

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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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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.
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Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
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Genesis 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.
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Genesis 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.
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Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
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2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
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1 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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