2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
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# But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper. I will make your descendants ... number.'
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2023-10-24 20:01:11 +00:00
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"But you said that you would certainly prosper me, and that you would make my descendants ... number"
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2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
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# I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea
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2023-10-24 20:01:11 +00:00
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This speaks about the very large number of Jacob's descendants as if their number will be like the grains of sand on the seashore.
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# which cannot be numbered for their number
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2023-10-24 20:01:11 +00:00
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "which no one can count because of their number"
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2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
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