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
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
All the souls who came out of Jacob's body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Acts 7:14
Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
As the stars
Deuteronomy 1:10
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
Deuteronomy 28:62
You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
Genesis 15:5
Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
Numbers 26:51
These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
Nehemiah 9:23
You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Hebrews 11:12
Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.