Genesis 32:12
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32:12But you24 said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper25 and will make26 your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’ ”27
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- 24 Heb “But you, you said.” One of the occurrences of the pronoun “you” has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons. Some commentators have thought this final verse of the prayer redundant, but it actually follows the predominant form of a lament in which God is motivated to act. The primary motivation Jacob can offer to God is God’s promise, and so he falls back on that at the end of the prayer.
- 25 Or “will certainly deal well with you.” The infinitive absolute appears before the imperfect, underscoring God’s promise to bless. The statement is more emphatic than in v. 9.
- 26 The form is the perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive, carrying the nuance of the preceding verb forward.
- 27 Heb “which cannot be counted because of abundance.” The imperfect verbal form indicates potential here.
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ESVEnglish 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.’ ”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.’ ”
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CSBChristian 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.’ ”
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NLTNew 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.’ ”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Now you yourself said, ‘I will surely deal well with you and make your offspring as the sand of the sea that cannot be counted for abundance.’ ”
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KJV 1900King James 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.
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