Genesis 32:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"For You said,אָמַ֔רְתָּ
(a·mar·ta,)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
I will surelyהֵיטֵ֥ב
(hei·tev)
3190: to be good, well, glad, or pleasinga prim. root
prosperאֵיטִ֖יב
(ei·tiv)
3190: to be good, well, glad, or pleasinga prim. root
you and makeוְשַׂמְתִּ֤י
(ve·sam·ti)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
your descendantsזַרְעֲךָ֙
(zar·'a·cha)
2233: a sowing, seed, offspringfrom zara
as the sandכְּחֹ֣ול
(ke·cho·vl)
2344: sandfrom chul
of the sea,הַיָּ֔ם
(hai·yam,)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
is too 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
greatמֵרֹֽב׃
(me·rov.)
7230: multitude, abundance, greatnessfrom rabab
to be numbered.'"יִסָּפֵ֖ר
(yis·sa·fer)
5608: to count, recount, relatedenominative verb from sepher


















KJV Lexicon
And thou saidst
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
I will surely
yatab  (yaw-tab')
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
do thee good
yatab  (yaw-tab')
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
and make
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
thy seed
zera`  (zeh'-rah)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity -- carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
as the sand
chowl  (khole)
sand (as round or whirling particles) -- sand.
of the sea
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
which cannot be numbered
caphar  (saw-far')
to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
for multitude
rob  (robe)
abundance (in any respect) -- abundance(-antly), all, common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), very (age).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"For You said, 'I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.'"

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have said, 'I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.'"

International Standard Version
Now, you promised me that 'I'm certainly going to cause things to go well with you, and I'm going to make your offspring as numerous as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.'"

NET Bible
But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.'"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But you did say, 'I will make sure that you are prosperous and that your descendants will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to count them because there are so many.'"

King James 2000 Bible
And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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