KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 32:12
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’”
WEB World English Bible
You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can’t be numbered because there are so many.’”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 32
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 shewed 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 and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.
12 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.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
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וְאַתָּ֣הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)אָמַ֔רְתָּH559 · a.marto sayהֵיטֵ֥בH3190 · ya.tavbe goodאֵיטִ֖יבH3190 · ya.tavbe goodעִמָּ֑ךְH5973 · imwithוְשַׂמְתִּ֤יH7760 · sumto set: makeאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]זַרְעֲךָ֙H2233 · ze.raseedכְּח֣וֹלH2344 · cholsandהַיָּ֔םH3220 · yamseaאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹא־H3808 · lonotיִסָּפֵ֖רH5608 · sa.pharto recountמֵרֹֽב׃H7230 · rovabundance
Cross-references
Genesis 28:13-15And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;Hebrews 6:17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.2 Timothy 2:13If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.Genesis 46:3-4And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?1 Samuel 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.Genesis 32:6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.
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