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.
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Bible References
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Romans 9:7
nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."
So
Romans 4:18
Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words "Equally numerous shall your posterity be."
Hebrews 11:12
And thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead, a nation like the stars of the sky in number, and like the sands on the sea shore which cannot be counted.
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Hebrews 6:15
And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.