Genesis 32:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But thou didst say, ‘I will do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”

Cross References

Hebrews 6:17

So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath,

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago

2 Timothy 2:13

if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies,

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”

Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear by thine own self, and didst say to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever.’ ”

Genesis 32:6

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.”

Hebrews 11:12

Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Sons of the living God.”