Genesis 32:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American King James Version (AKJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
Webster's Revision
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 seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Definitions for Genesis 32:12
Clarke's Genesis 32:12 Bible Commentary
Make thy seed as the sand - Having come to the promise by which the covenant was ratified both to Abraham and Isaac, he ceased, his faith having gained strong confirmation in a promise which he knew could not fail, and which he found was made over to him, as it had been to his father and grandfather.
Wesley's Genesis 32:12 Bible Commentary
32:12 Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good - The best we can say to God in prayer is, what he hath said to us. God's promises as they are the surest guide of our desires in prayer, and furnish us with the best petitions, so they are the firmest ground of our hopes, and furnish us with the best pleas. Thou saidst, I will do thee good - Lord, do me good in this matter. He pleads also a particular promise, that of the multiplying of his seed. Lord, what will become of that promise, if they be all cut off?
