Génesis 32:12

12 Y tú has dicho: Yo te haré bien, y pondré tu simiente como la arena del mar, que no se puede contar por la multitud

Génesis 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.

Génesis 32:12 In-Context

10 No soy digno de todas las misericordias, y de toda la verdad que has mostrado a tu siervo; que con mi bordón pasé este Jordán, y ahora estoy sobre dos cuadrillas

11 Líbrame ahora de la mano de mi hermano, de la mano de Esaú, porque le temo; que por ventura no venga, y me hiera, la madre con los hijos

12 Y tú has dicho: Yo te haré bien, y pondré tu simiente como la arena del mar, que no se puede contar por la multitud

13 Y durmió allí aquella noche, y tomó de lo que le vino a la mano un presente para su hermano Esaú

14 Doscientas cabras y veinte machos cabríos, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros