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.’”

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 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.’ ”

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.’”

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.’”

At the top of the stairway stood the Lord, and he said,“ I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions— to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”

This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God— who does not lie— promised them before the world began.

And he who is the Glory of Israel will not lie, nor will he change his mind, for he is not human that he should change his mind!”

After delivering the message, the messengers returned to Jacob and reported,“ We met your brother, Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you— with an army of 400 men!”

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying,‘ I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.’”

If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is.

God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.

“ I am God, the God of your father,” the voice said.“ Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. You will die in Egypt, but Joseph will be with you to close your eyes.”

God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?

I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.