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.

Bible References

With threescore

Genesis 46:27
and, the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: All the souls of the house of Jacob that came into Egypt, were seventy.
Exodus 1:5
And it came to pass that all the persons who were descended from Jacob were seventy souls, - but, Joseph, was already in Egypt.
Acts 7:14
And Joseph, sending forth, called for Jacob his father, and all the kindred, consisting of seventy-five souls;

As the stars

Deuteronomy 1:10
Yahweh your God hath multiplied you, and here ye are to-day, like the stars of the heavens for multitude.
Deuteronomy 28:62
And ye shall be left men few in number, whereas ye had become as the stars of the heavens for multitude, - because thou hast not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh thy God.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad and said - Look steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.
Numbers 26:51
These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred and lice thousand, - seven hundred and thirty,
Nehemiah 9:23
Their children also, didst thou multiply, like the stars of the heavens, - and didst bring them into the land which thou hadst promised their fathers they should enter to possess;
Hebrews 11:12
Wherefore, even from one, were born, and, as to these things, one who had become dead, - like the stars of the heaven, for multitude, and as the sand that is by the lip of the sea, that cannot be numbered.