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Gênesis 32:12

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12 Pois tu mesmo disseste: Certamente te farei bem, e farei a tua descendência como a areia do mar, que pela multidão não se pode contar.

Gênesis 32:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 32:12

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good
All kind of good, most certainly and constantly; so Jacob rightly interpreted the promise, "I will be with thee", ( Genesis 31:3 ) ; for the promise of God's presence includes and secures all needful good to his people; and from this general promise Jacob draws an argument for a special and particular good, the preservation of him and his family, he was now pleading for; and the rather he might hope to succeed, since the following promise was also made him: and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for
multitude;
which could not be fulfilled, if he and his family were cut off at once, as he feared; but God is faithful who has promised.

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Gênesis 32:12 In-Context

10 Não sou digno da menor de todas as tuas beneficências e de toda a fidelidade que tens usado para com teu servo; porque com o meu cajado passei este Jordão, e agora volto em dois bandos.
11 Livra-me, peço-te, da mão de meu irmão, da mão de Esaú, porque eu o temo; acaso não venha ele matar-me, e a mãe com os filhos.
12 Pois tu mesmo disseste: Certamente te farei bem, e farei a tua descendência como a areia do mar, que pela multidão não se pode contar.
13 Passou ali aquela noite; e do que tinha tomou um presente para seu irmão Esaú:
14 duzentas cabras e vinte bodes, duzentas ovelhas e vinte carneiros,
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