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
nor because they are descendants of Abraham are they all children; but, "Thy offspring shall be reckoned from Isaac."

So

Romans 4:18
For he had confident hope in that which was past hope, that he should become a father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, "Thus shall thy offspring be;"
Hebrews 11:12
Wherefore there sprang even from one, and him become as dead, a race like the stars of heaven in multitude, and like the sand by the seashore which cannot be numbered.

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Hebrews 6:15
And so, having endured with patience, he obtained the promised blessing.