But you have said,‘ I will surely give you success. I will make your children as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. People will not be able to count them.’ ”

你曾说：‘我必定厚待你，使你的后裔如同海边的沙，多得不可胜数。’”

你曾说：‘我必定厚待你，使你的后裔如同海边的沙，多得不可胜数。’”

你曾说：‘我必定厚待你，使你的后裔如同海边的沙，多得不可胜数。’”

然而，你曾说，‘我必厚待你，使你的后代多如海沙，不可胜数。’”

你曾经说过：‘我必厚待你，使你的后裔好像海边的沙一样，多到不可胜数。’”

但你说过：‘我必定厚待你，使你的后裔如同海边的沙粒，多得无法数清。’”

你曾說：『我必定厚待你，使你的後裔如同海邊的沙，多得不可勝數。』」

你曾說：『我必定厚待你，使你的後裔如同海邊的沙，多得不可勝數。』」

你曾說：『我必定厚待你，使你的後裔如同海邊的沙，多得不可勝數。』」

然而，你曾說，『我必厚待你，使你的後代多如海沙，不可勝數。』」

你曾經說過：‘我必厚待你，使你的後裔好像海邊的沙一樣，多到不可勝數。’”

你曾說：「我必定好待你，使你的後裔像海沙、多得不可勝數。」』

但你說過：『我必定厚待你，使你的後裔如同海邊的沙粒，多得無法數清。』」

爾曾許待以善、使我苗裔、如海之沙、不可勝數、○

爾曾許以恩加我、使我苗裔如海沙、不可勝數。○

主曾許我曰、我必施恩於爾、使爾後裔如海沙之多、不可勝數、○

But you have said,‘ I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”

But you said,‘ I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

But you promised me,‘ I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore— too many to count.’”

You have said,‘ I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.’”

For You said,‘ I will assuredly make you prosper and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be counted.’ ”

For You said,‘ I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

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.

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.’”

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.

But you said,‘ I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’”

You said,‘ I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’”

The Lord stood beside the stairway. He said,“ I am the Lord. I am the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your children after you the land you are lying on.They will be like the dust of the earth that can’t be counted. They will spread out to the west and to the east. They will spread out to the north and to the south. All nations on earth will be blessed because of you and your children after you.I am with you. I will watch over you everywhere you go. And I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

That belief and understanding lead to the hope of eternal life. Before time began, God promised to give that life. And he does not lie.

The God who is the Glory of Israel does not lie. He doesn’t change his mind. That’s because he isn’t a mere human being. If he were, he might change his mind.”

The messengers came back to Jacob. They said,“ We went to your brother Esau. He’s coming now to meet you. He has 400 men with him.”

Heaven and earth will pass away. But my words will never pass away.

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel. You made a promise to them in your own name. You said,‘ I will make your children after you as many as the stars in the sky. I will give them all this land I promised them. It will belong to them forever.’ ”

Even if we are not faithful, he remains faithful. He must be true to himself.

So God gave his word when he made his promise. He wanted to make it very clear that his purpose does not change. He wanted those who would receive what was promised to know this.

“ I am God. I am the God of your father,” he said.“ Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt. There I will make you into a great nation.I will go down to Egypt with you. I will surely bring you back again. And when you die, Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.”

God isn’t a mere human. He can’t lie. He isn’t a human being. He doesn’t change his mind. He speaks, and then he acts. He makes a promise, and then he keeps it.

So I will certainly bless you. I will make the children born into your family as many as the stars in the sky. I will make them as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will take over the cities of their enemies.