Genesis 32:12

New Century Version

You said to me, ‘I will treat you well and will make your children as many as the sand of the seashore. There will be too many to count.’ ”

Cross References

Hebrews 6:17

God wanted to prove that his promise was true to those who would get what he promised. And he wanted them to understand clearly that his purposes never change, so he made an oath.

Titus 1:2

That faith and that knowledge come from the hope for life forever, which God promised to us before time began. And God cannot lie.

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are not faithful, he will still be faithful, because he must be true to who he is.

Matthew 24:35

Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.

1 Samuel 15:29

The Lord is the Eternal One of Israel. He does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being, so he does not change his mind.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being, and he will not lie. He is not a human, and he does not change his mind. What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he makes come true.

Exodus 32:13

Remember the men who served you—Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You promised with an oath to them and said, ‘I will make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky. I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised them, and it will be theirs forever.’ ”

Genesis 32:6

The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.”

Hebrews 11:12

This man was so old he was almost dead, but from him came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. Like the sand on the seashore, they could not be counted.

1 Kings 4:20

There were as many people in Judah and Israel as grains of sand on the seashore. The people ate, drank, and were happy.

Hosea 1:10

“But the number of the Israelites will become like the grains of sand of the sea, which no one can measure or count. They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’