Genesis 15:5
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5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
Hebrews 11:12
New International Version
12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(A) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(B)
Deuteronomy 1:10
New International Version
10 The Lord your God has increased(A) your numbers(B) so that today you are as numerous(C) as the stars in the sky.(D)
Romans 4:18
New International Version
18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(A) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[a](B)
Footnotes
- Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5
Exodus 32:13
New International Version
13 Remember(A) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(B) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(C) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(D) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’”
Psalm 147:4
New International Version
4 He determines the number of the stars(A)
and calls them each by name.
Romans 9:7-8
New International Version
7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[a](A) 8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(B) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(C)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12
Jeremiah 33:22
New International Version
22 I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless(A) as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.’”
1 Chronicles 27:23
New International Version
23 David did not take the number of the men twenty years old or less,(A) because the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars(B) in the sky.
Deuteronomy 10:22
New International Version
22 Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,(A) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.(B)
Genesis 12:2
New International Version
Genesis 28:14
New International Version
14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(A) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(B) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[a](C)
Footnotes
- Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 26:4
New International Version
4 I will make your descendants(A) as numerous as the stars in the sky(B) and will give them all these lands,(C) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](D)
Footnotes
- Genesis 26:4 Or seed
- Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 16:10
New International Version
10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”(A)
Genesis 13:16
New International Version
16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(A)
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