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, which were born him in Egypt were: two souls. So that all the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt are seventy.
Exodus 1:5
All the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Acts 7:14
Then sent Joseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kin: three score and fifteen souls.
As the stars
Deuteronomy 1:10
For the LORD your God hath multiplied you: so that ye are this day as the stars of heaven in number.'
Deuteronomy 28:62
And ye shall be left few in number, wheretofore ye were as the stars of heaven in multitude: because thou wouldest not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him out at the doors and said, "Look up unto heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them." And said unto him, "Even so shall thy seed be."
Numbers 26:51
These are the numbers of the children of Israel: six hundred thousand, and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Nehemiah 9:23
And their children multipliedest thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land whereof thou hadst spoken unto their fathers, that they should go in to it, and have it in possession.
Hebrews 11:12
And therefore sprang thereof one - and of one which was as good as dead - so many in multitude, as the stars of the sky, and as the sand of the sea shore which is innumerable.