Génesis 32:12

12 Y tú dijiste: "De cierto te haré prosperar, y haré tu descendencia como la arena del mar que no se puede contar por su gran cantidad."

Génesis 32:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 32:12

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good
All kind of good, most certainly and constantly; so Jacob rightly interpreted the promise, "I will be with thee", ( Genesis 31:3 ) ; for the promise of God's presence includes and secures all needful good to his people; and from this general promise Jacob draws an argument for a special and particular good, the preservation of him and his family, he was now pleading for; and the rather he might hope to succeed, since the following promise was also made him: and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for
multitude;
which could not be fulfilled, if he and his family were cut off at once, as he feared; but God is faithful who has promised.

Génesis 32:12 In-Context

10 indigno soy de toda misericordia y de toda la fidelidad que has mostrado a tu siervo; pues con sólo mi cayado crucé este Jordán, y ahora he llegado a tener dos campamentos.
11 Líbrame, te ruego, de la mano de mi hermano, de la mano de Esaú, porque yo le tengo miedo, no sea que venga y me hiera a mí y a las madres con los hijos.
12 Y tú dijiste: "De cierto te haré prosperar, y haré tu descendencia como la arena del mar que no se puede contar por su gran cantidad."
13 Y pasó la noche allí. Entonces de lo que tenía consigo escogió un presente para su hermano Esaú:
14 doscientas cabras y veinte machos cabríos, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros,
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