Genesis 13:16

The Lord's Third Promise To Abram

¹⁵ All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring (descendants) from generation to generation. ¹⁶ I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered. ¹⁷ Go walk through the length and breadth of the land that I am giving to you.

Dust of the Earth

Of The Earth

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Every family on earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.

Numbers 23:10

The descendants of Jacob are like specks of dust. Who can count them or number even one-fourth of the people of Israel? Let me die the death of innocent people. Let my end be like theirs.'

Genesis 15:5

He brought him outside and said: Look toward heaven and count the stars. Are you able to count them? He continued: So shall your descendants be.

Genesis 22:17

I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies' cities.

Genesis 32:12

You said, 'I will make sure that you are prosperous and that your descendants will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to count them because there are so many.'

1 Kings 3:8

I am among the people you have chosen to be your own. They are a people who are so many that they cannot be counted.

Genesis 12:2-3

I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you. I will make your name great. You will be a blessing.

Genesis 17:6

I will make you very fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.

Genesis 17:20

Concerning Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him. I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 18:18

Abraham will definitely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him.

Genesis 21:13

I will make the slave's son into a nation also, because he is your child.

Genesis 25:1-34

Abraham married another woman. Her name was Keturah.

Genesis 26:4

I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. I will give your descendants all of this land. They will be a blessing to every nation on earth.

Genesis 28:3

Almighty God will bless your marriage and give you many children. You will become the father of many nations!

Genesis 35:11

God also said: I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and an assembly of nations will come from you. Kings shall come forth from you.

Genesis 36:1-43

This is the genealogy of Esau, who is Edom, and his descendants.

Genesis 46:3

God said: I am God! I am the same God your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go to Egypt. I will give you so many descendants that one day they will become a nation.

Exodus 1:7

The children of Israel had many children. They became so numerous and strong that the land was filled with them.

Exodus 32:13

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You took an oath, swearing on yourself. You told them: 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all the land I spoke of. It will be their long lasting possession.'

Deuteronomy 1:10

Jehovah your God has increased your numbers. Today you are more numerous than the stars of heaven.

Judges 6:3

When the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites along with the desert tribes attacked them.

Judges 6:5

They came with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels. They entered the land and destroyed it.

1 Kings 4:20

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They ate and drank and were very happy.

1 Chronicles 21:5

He reported to King David the total number of men capable of military service. There were one million one hundred thousand in Israel and four hundred seventy thousand in Judah.

1 Chronicles 27:23

David did not count those less than twenty years old, because Jehovah promised that the people of Israel would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.

2 Chronicles 17:14-18

The following is a breakdown of these soldiers. They are listed by families. Judah's regimental commanders were Commander Adnah with three hundred thousand fighting men,

Isaiah 48:18-19

If only you had listened to my commandments! Your peace would be like a river that never runs dry. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.

Jeremiah 33:22

I will increase the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who serve me in the same way as the stars of heaven that cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore that cannot be measured.'

Romans 4:16-18

For this reason it is by faith that it may be according to grace (divine influence) (loving-kindness). The promise may be sure to all descendants! This is not only to that which is of the law, but to that also which is by the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

Hebrews 11:12

This was to come from one man and him as good as dead. There were born children, as many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as uncountable as the sand by the seashore.

Revelation 7:9

After this I saw a great crowd that no man could number. It was from all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues. It stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes. They had palm branches in their hands.