Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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.’” New Living Translation 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.’” English Standard Version 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.’” 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.’ ” King James Bible 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. New King James Version For You said, ‘I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ” New American Standard Bible For You said, ‘I will assuredly make you prosper and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be counted.’” NASB 1995 “For You said, ‘I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.’” NASB 1977 “For Thou didst say, ‘I will surely prosper you, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’” Legacy Standard Bible For You said, ‘I will surely prosper you and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.’” Amplified Bible And You [LORD] said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper and make your descendants as [numerous as] the sand of the sea, which is too great to be counted.’” Christian Standard Bible You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.’ ” Holman Christian Standard Bible You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’” 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. Contemporary English Version But you have promised that I would be a success and that someday it will be as hard to count my descendants as it is to count the grains of sand along the seashore. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation But you did say, 'I will make sure that you are prosperous and that your descendants will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to count them because there are so many.'" Good News Translation Remember that you promised to make everything go well for me and to give me more descendants than anyone could count, as many as the grains of sand along the seashore." International Standard Version Now, you promised me that 'I'm certainly going to cause things to go well with you, and I'm going to make your offspring as numerous as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.'" Majority 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.’” NET Bible But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.'" New Heart English Bible You said, 'I will surely do you good and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.'" Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand You have said, I certainly do good with you, and have set your seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.” 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.' Smith's Literal Translation And thou saidst, Doing well I will do well with thee, and I set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be counted for multitude. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou didst say that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for the multitude. Catholic Public Domain Version You did say that you would do well by me, and that you would expand my offspring like the sand of the sea, which, because of its multitude, cannot be numbered.” New American Bible You yourself said, ‘I will be very good to you, and I will make your descendants like the sands of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’ ” New Revised Standard Version Yet you have said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of their number.’” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd thou didst say, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants numerous as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered for multitude. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you have said, ‘To do good, I shall do good to you, and I shall make your seed as the sand of the sea that is innumerable by its multitude.’” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Thou saidst: I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.' Brenton Septuagint Translation But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob's Fear of Esau…11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me. 12But 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.’” 13Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:… Cross References Genesis 28:13-15 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Genesis 12:2-3 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 22:17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. Genesis 26:4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, Exodus 32:13 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” Hebrews 11:12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. Romans 9:7-8 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. Galatians 3:16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ. Genesis 15:5 And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.” Genesis 17:4-6 “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. / No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. / I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. Genesis 35:11-12 And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. / The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” Deuteronomy 1:10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you. 1 Kings 4:20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. Nehemiah 9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess. Treasury of Scripture And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. thou. Genesis 32:6 And 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 32:13 Remember 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. Numbers 23:19 God 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? I will. Genesis 28:13-15 And, 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; … Genesis 46:3,4 And 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: … Jump to Previous Counted Deal Descendants Good Great Multitude Numbered Prosper Sand Sea Seed Surely ThouJump to Next Counted Deal Descendants Good Great Multitude Numbered Prosper Sand Sea Seed Surely ThouGenesis 32 1. Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.3. His message to Esau. 6. He is afraid of Esau's coming. 9. He prays for deliverance. 13. He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok. 24. He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 31. He halts. But You have said This phrase underscores the importance of God's promises. In the Hebrew text, the word for "said" is "אָמַר" (amar), which conveys not just speaking but a declaration or promise. This reflects the covenantal nature of God's relationship with His people. Jacob is reminding God of His own words, which is a common biblical practice, showing faith in God's unchanging nature and His faithfulness to His word. I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea too numerous to count Hebrew But Youוְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you have said, אָמַ֔רְתָּ (’ā·mar·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘I will surely הֵיטֵ֥ב (hê·ṭêḇ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing make you prosper, אֵיטִ֖יב (’ê·ṭîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing and I will make וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י (wə·śam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set your offspring זַרְעֲךָ֙ (zar·‘ă·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity like the sand כְּח֣וֹל (kə·ḥō·wl) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2344: Sand of the sea, הַיָּ֔ם (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin too numerous מֵרֹֽב׃ (mê·rōḇ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness to count.’” יִסָּפֵ֖ר (yis·sā·p̄êr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate Links Genesis 32:12 NIVGenesis 32:12 NLT Genesis 32:12 ESV Genesis 32:12 NASB Genesis 32:12 KJV Genesis 32:12 BibleApps.com Genesis 32:12 Biblia Paralela Genesis 32:12 Chinese Bible Genesis 32:12 French Bible Genesis 32:12 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 32:12 You said 'I will surely do you (Gen. 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