Genesis 32:12
You yourself told me, ‘I will definitely treat you well. I will make your descendants as numerous as the sand of the seashore—too many to count.’”
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13Jacob stayed the night there. Then he picked out animals as a gift to his brother Esau:
Cross References
Genesis 22:17you can be sure that I will bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as numerous as the stars of heaven and the sand of the seashore, and they will conquer their enemies.
Genesis 32:6The messengers returned to Jacob and told him, “Your brother Esau is coming to meet you with 400 armed men!”
Exodus 32:13Remember you swore a promise your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, telling them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and give you all the land I promised to them, and they shall own it forever.’”
1 Samuel 15:29In addition, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind!”
2 Timothy 2:13If we are not trustworthy, he is still trustworthy, for he cannot be untrue to himself.”
Hebrews 6:17That's why God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to those who would inherit the promise that he would never ever change his mind.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:10-13
Jacob's Prayer. ( b. c. 1739.) 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come… Read the whole commentary →