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Genesis 32:12 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.”

Genesis 32:12

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

10

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. {I am not...: Heb. I am less than all}

11

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, {and} the mother with the children. {with: Heb. upon}

12

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.

13

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

14

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

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