Genesis 15:5

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Genesis 15:5

And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

Genesis 22:17

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’”

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

Hebrews 11:12

Therefore there was born even of one man, and him as good as dead at that, as many descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

Psalm 147:4

He counts the number of the stars;
He gives names to all of them.

Romans 4:18

In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”

Genesis 12:2

And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

1 Chronicles 27:23

But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, because the Lord had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.

Jeremiah 33:22

As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”

Genesis 13:16

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.

Genesis 16:10

Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”

Genesis 26:4

I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Romans 9:7-8

nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “through Isaac your descendants will be named.”

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Summary

Genesis 15:5

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Tell

So

General references

Genesis 12:2

Genesis 13:16

Hebrews 6:15

Bible References

Tell

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

He counts the number of the stars;
He

gives names to all of them.

As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”

nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “

through Isaac your

descendants will be named.”

So

And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so

you shall be a blessing;

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.

Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, because the Lord had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.

In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “So shall your

descendants be.”

Therefore there was born even of one man, and him as good as dead at that, as many descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

General references

And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so

you shall be a blessing;

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.

And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.