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
Bible References
With threescore
Genesis 46:27
And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.
Exodus 1:5
All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
Acts 7:14
And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
As the stars
Deuteronomy 1:10
The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Deuteronomy 28:62
Whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
Numbers 26:51
This was the list of the people of Israel, 601,730.
Nehemiah 9:23
You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess.
Hebrews 11:12
Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.