Genesis 32:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 32:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 32:12 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for mult..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 32:12 — KJV
“And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.”
— Genesis 32:12 (KJV)
Genesis 32:12 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 32:12
“As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 32:12: seed, sand, sea
“And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 32:12: saidst, surely, good
“Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. in...: or, instead of that”
Shares key themes with Genesis 32:12: sand, sea, cannot
“Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 32:12: good, sand, sea
“And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 32:12: surely, good, make
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