Genesis 32:12
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But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’ ”
Read Genesis 32:12 Using Other Translations
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.
But you said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'"
But you promised me, ‘I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore—too many to count.’”
What does Genesis 32:12 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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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