Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

With threescore

As the stars

Bible References

With threescore

Acts 7:14
Joseph then sent [to Canaan] for his father Jacob and all seventy-five of his relatives.

As the stars

Hebrews 11:12
Therefore, from one man [Abraham], who was as good as dead [i.e., because of having a sterile wife], were born descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the [grains of] sand on the seashore.