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 souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
Exodus 1:5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls, for Joseph was already in Egypt.
Acts 7:14
And seeing, Joseph called his father Jacob, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
As the stars
Deuteronomy 1:10
Jehovah your God has multiplied you, and, behold, today you are as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy 28:62
And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the heavens for multitude, because you would not obey the voice of Jehovah your God.
Genesis 15:5
And He brought him outside and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, So shall your seed be.
Numbers 26:51
These were the numbered ones of the sons of Israel, six hundred one thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
Nehemiah 9:23
And You multiplied their sons like the stars of the heavens, and brought them into the land concerning which You had promised to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.
Hebrews 11:12
Because of this came into being from one, and that of one having died, even as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.