THEOSISGenesis 32:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thou didst say, that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו כִּֽי־יָרֵ֤א אָנֹכִי֙ אֹת֔וֹ פֶּן־יָב֣וֹא וְהִכַּ֔נִי אֵ֖ם עַל־בָּנִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 28:13And the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: The land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed.
- Gen 28:15And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land: neither will I leave thee, till I shall have accomplished all that I have said.
- Heb 6:17Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath:
- Gen 46:3God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father; fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.
- Gen 46:4I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.
- Titus 1:2Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:
- Gen 22:17I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.