Deuteronomy 1:11

Historical Prologue

¹⁰ The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky. ¹¹ May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as He promised you. ¹² But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?

As He Promised

God of Your Father

God of Your Fathers

Jehovah

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

Exodus 32:13

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel—You swore to them by Your very self and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’”

2 Samuel 24:3

Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God multiply the troops 100 times more than they are—while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this?”

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord add to your numbers,
both yours and your children’s.

Genesis 15:5

He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”

Genesis 26:4

I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring,

Genesis 49:25

by the God of your father who helps you,
and by the Almighty who blesses you
with blessings of the heavens above,
blessings of the deep that lies below,
and blessings of the breasts and the womb.

Numbers 6:27

In this way they will pronounce My name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Numbers 22:12

Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”

1 Chronicles 21:3

Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply the number of His people a hundred times over! My lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”