Genesis 32:12

But you said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

11Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and strike me, and the mother upon the children.

13And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried with him, and sent out to Esau his brother,

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Cross References

Genesis 22:17And + 22:17 Acts 3:25 in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have listened to my voice.

Genesis 32:6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and behold! he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.

Exodus 32:13remembering Abraam and Isaac and Jacob your servants, to whom you have sworn by yourself, and have spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which you spoke of to give to them, so that they shall possess it for ever.

1 Samuel 15:29And + 15:29 Wide variation from the Heb. Israel shall be divided to two: and God will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.

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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