Genesis 13:16
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16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.(A)
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Numbers 23:10
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10 Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the dust cloud[a] of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”(A)
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- 23.10 Or fourth part
Genesis 28:14
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14 and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and all the families of the earth shall be blessed[a] in you and in your offspring.(A)
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- 28.14 Or shall bless themselves
Genesis 32:12
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12 Yet you have said, ‘I will surely do you good and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of their number.’ ”(A)
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Romans 4:16-18
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16 For this reason the promise depends on faith, in order that it may rest on grace, so that it may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (who is the father of all of us,(A) 17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”), in the presence of the God in whom he believed,[a] who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.(B) 18 Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “So shall your descendants be.”
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- 4.17 Or trusted
1 Kings 3:8
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8 And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted.(A)
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Exodus 32:13
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13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”(A)
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Genesis 22:17
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17 I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,(A)
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Genesis 15:5
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5 He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”(A)
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Revelation 7:9
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The Multitude from Every Nation
9 After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands.(A)
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Jeremiah 33:22
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22 Just as the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will increase the offspring of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.(A)
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Isaiah 48:18-19
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18 O that you had paid attention to my commandments!
Then your prosperity would have been like a river
and your success like the waves of the sea;(A)
19 your offspring would have been like the sand
and your descendants like its grains;
their name would never be cut off
or destroyed from before me.(B)
2 Chronicles 17:14-18
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14 This was the muster of them by ancestral houses: Of Judah, the commanders of the thousands: Adnah the commander, with three hundred thousand mighty warriors, 15 and next to him Jehohanan the commander, with two hundred eighty thousand, 16 and next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, a volunteer for the service of the Lord, with two hundred thousand mighty warriors.(A) 17 Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty warrior, with two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield, 18 and next to him Jehozabad with one hundred eighty thousand armed for war.
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1 Chronicles 27:23
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23 David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.(A)
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1 Chronicles 21:5
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5 Joab gave the total count of the people to David. In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and in Judah four hundred seventy thousand who drew the sword.(A)
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1 Kings 4:20
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Magnificence of Solomon’s Rule
[[20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.(A)
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Judges 6:5
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5 For they and their livestock would come up, and they would even bring their tents, as thick as locusts; neither they nor their camels could be counted, so they wasted the land as they came in.(A)
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Judges 6:3
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3 For whenever the Israelites put in seed, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east would come up against them.(A)
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Deuteronomy 1:10
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10 The Lord your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars of heaven.(A)
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Exodus 1:7
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7 But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.(A)
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Genesis 46:3
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3 Then he said, “I am God,[a] the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.(A)
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- 46.3 Heb the God
Genesis 36
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Esau’s Descendants
36 These are the descendants of Esau, that is, Edom.(A) 2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah son[a] of Zibeon the Hivite,(B) 3 and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth. 4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau; Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his cattle, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.(C) 7 For their possessions were too great for them to live together; the land where they were staying could not support them because of their livestock.(D) 8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.(E)
9 These are the descendants of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah the wife of Esau; Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.(F) 11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.(G) 13 These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. 14 These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah son[b] of Zibeon; she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Clans and Kings of Edom
15 These are the clans[c] of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the clans[d] Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,(H) 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the clans[e] of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah. 17 These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: the clans[f] Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the clans[g] of Reuel in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.(I) 18 These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: the clans[h] Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the clans[i] born of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.(J) 19 These are the sons of Esau, that is, Edom, and these are their clans.[j]
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,(K) 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the clans[k] of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman, and Lotan’s sister was Timna. 23 These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the springs[l] in the wilderness as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon. 25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.(L) 26 These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.(M) 28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29 These are the clans[m] of the Horites: the clans[n] Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the clans[o] of the Horites, clan by clan[p] in the land of Seir.
31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites.(N) 32 Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 33 Bela died, and Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah succeeded him as king. 34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king. 35 Husham died, and Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king, the name of his city being Avith. 36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah succeeded him as king. 37 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates succeeded him as king. 38 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan son of Achbor succeeded him as king. 39 Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, and Hadar succeeded him as king, the name of his city being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab.(O)
40 These are the names of the clans[q] of Esau, according to their families and their localities by their names: the clans[r] Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,(P) 41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 43 Magdiel, and Iram; these are the clans[s] of Edom, that is, Esau, the father of Edom, according to their settlements in the land that they held.
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- 36.2 Sam Gk Syr: Heb daughter
- 36.14 Gk Syr: Heb daughter
- 36.15 Or chiefs
- 36.15 Or chiefs
- 36.16 Or chiefs
- 36.17 Or chiefs
- 36.17 Or chiefs
- 36.18 Or chiefs
- 36.18 Or chiefs
- 36.19 Or chiefs
- 36.21 Or chiefs
- 36.24 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 36.29 Or chiefs
- 36.29 Or chiefs
- 36.30 Or chiefs
- 36.30 Or chief by chief
- 36.40 Or chiefs
- 36.40 Or chiefs
- 36.43 Or chiefs
Genesis 35:11
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11 God said to him, “I am God Almighty:[a] be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.(A)
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- 35.11 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Genesis 28:3
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3 May God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.(A)
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- 28.3 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Genesis 26:4
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4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,(A)
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