Genesis 32:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 28:13-15 : 13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping. 14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth. 15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
  • Gen 32:6 : 6 When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.
  • Gen 46:3-4 : 3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there: 4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.
  • Exod 32:13 : 13 Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.
  • Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
  • 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    83%

    17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

    18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

    4 I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

  • Gen 13:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

    16 And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

  • Gen 48:4
    79%

    4 And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Gen 28:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

    14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

    15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

  • Exod 32:13
    77%

    13 Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.

  • Gen 35:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

    12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

  • Heb 6:14
    76%

    14 Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

  • Gen 12:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

    3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

  • Gen 17:2
    76%

    2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

  • Gen 32:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.

    9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

  • Gen 16:10
    75%

    10 And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

  • Gen 32:11
    75%

    11 Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

  • Gen 30:30
    74%

    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • Isa 48:19
    74%

    19 Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

  • Gen 17:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

    7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

  • Gen 26:24
    73%

    24 That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

  • Gen 15:5
    73%

    5 And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

  • Gen 17:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

    20 As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

  • Job 5:25
    72%

    25 You will be certain that your seed will be great, and your offspring like the plants of the earth.

  • Gen 24:60
    72%

    60 And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

  • Gen 32:13
    72%

    13 Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,

  • Deut 1:11
    72%

    11 May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!

  • Lev 26:9
    71%

    9 And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.