Genesis 32:12

and You have said, I certainly do good with you, and have set your seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.”

Literal Standard Version

In The 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.

In Context

11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, lest he come and has struck me—mother beside sons;

13And he lodges there during that night, and takes from that which is coming into his hand, a present for his brother Esau:

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Cross References

Genesis 22:17that blessing I bless you, and multiplying I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the seashore; and your Seed possesses the gate of His enemies;

Genesis 32:6And the messengers return to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother, to Esau, and he is also coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him”;

Exodus 32:13Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Your servants, to whom You have sworn by Yourself, and to whom You speak: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited [it] for all time”;

1 Samuel 15:29and also, the Preeminence of Israel does not lie nor relent, for He [is] not a man that He should relent.”

2 Timothy 2:13if we are not steadfast, He remains steadfast; He is not able to deny Himself.

Hebrews 6:17in which God, more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of His counsel, interposed by an oath,

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 →

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