Genesis 16:10

16:10 I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the Lord’s angel added, ¹  “so that they will be too numerous to count.” ² 

Genesis 32:12

32:12 But you ³  said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper ⁴  and will make ⁵  your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’” ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “The Lord’s angel said, ‘I will greatly multiply your descendants….” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “cannot be numbered because of abundance.”

³ tn Heb “But you, you said.” One of the occurrences of the pronoun “you” has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Or “will certainly deal well with you.” The infinitive absolute appears before the imperfect, underscoring God’s promise to bless. The statement is more emphatic than in v. 9.

⁵ tn The form is the perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive, carrying the nuance of the preceding verb forward.

⁶ tn Heb “which cannot be counted because of abundance.” The imperfect verbal form indicates potential here.