Genesis 32:12 “But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make yo…”

Genesis 32:12

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.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.’”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For thou saydest; I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, which can not be nombred for multitude.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and Thou — Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.'

Bible in Basic English

And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

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Cross references

“thou”

Hebrews 6:17 Matthew 24:35 2 Timothy 2:13 Titus 1:2 Genesis 32:6 Exodus 32:13

Hebrews 6:17 · BSB

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.

Matthew 24:35 · BSB

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

2 Timothy 2:13 · BSB

if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

Titus 1:2 · BSB

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

Genesis 32:6 · BSB

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

Exodus 32:13 · BSB

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land…

“I will”

Genesis 28:13–15 Genesis 46:3 Genesis 46:4

Genesis 28:13–15 · BSB

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.

Genesis 46:3 · BSB

“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.

Genesis 46:4 · BSB

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

Also

Genesis 22:17

Genesis 22:17 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Please 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.

13Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

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