Midrash for Genesis 32:13
וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֔רְתָּ הֵיטֵ֥ב אֵיטִ֖יב עִמָּ֑ךְ וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִסָּפֵ֖ר מֵרֹֽב׃
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.’
Midrash Tanchuma
And he hid him in the sand (ibid., v. 12). He said to the Israelites: You are likened to sand,12Referring to Thy seed as the sand of the earth (Gen. 32:13). which moves soundlessly from one place to another; so, too, no word of this must depart from your mouths. Therefore it is written: And he hid him in the sand (ibid.).
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