12But you have said, 'I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.' "


In Context

9 Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord , who said to me, 'Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,'

10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two groups.

11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.

12 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.' "

13 He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Genesis 32:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:12Thou 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:12And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:12You 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.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:12and 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:12And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.