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But youוְאַתָּהsaid,אָמַרְתָּ‘I will surelyהֵיטֵבdeal wellאֵיטִיבwith youעִמָּךְand makeוְשַׂמְתִּיyour offspringאֶת זַרְעֲךָlike the sandכְּחוֹלof the sea,הַיָּםwhichאֲשֶׁרcannotלֹאbe countedיִסָּפֵרbecause ofמֵits abundance.’”רֹב
Genesis 32:12
Study it in the app“But you said, ‘I will surely deal well with you and make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of its abundance.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:12, word by word
- saidאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- ‘I will surelyהֵיטֵבhetev
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetev” appears- and makeשַׂמְתִּיsamti
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samti” appears- your offspringזַרְעֲzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- like the sandחוֹלchol
sand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- be countedיִסָּפֵרyisafer
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “yisafer” appears- its abundance.’רֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears
The context
11Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, the mothers with the children.
12 · This verse (above)
13He spent the night there that night, and he took from what had come into his hand a gift for Esau his brother:
To study Genesis 32 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob do before meeting Esau, and what happened to him at the Jabbok (vv. 7-24)?
2. What it means
What is the meaning of Jacob receiving the name Israel (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
What fear can you bring honestly to Elohim in prayer today?