Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

Tell

Romans 9:7
they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham's descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called.

So

Romans 4:18
For Abraham, hoping against hope, had faith to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So numberless shall your descendants be.
Hebrews 11:12
and thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead, a nation like the stars in the heavens in multitude, or grains of sand upon the seashore, innumerable.

General references

Hebrews 6:15
And so by patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the promise.