Hebrews 11:12

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Summary

Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

And him

Romans 4:19

As the sand

General references

Genesis 13:16

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

And him

Not being weak in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

As the sand

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.

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.'

They came out with all their troops and many horses and chariots. Their army was more numerous than the sand of the seashore.

The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts. They had so many camels they could not be counted. They were as plentiful as there are grains of sand on the seashore.

Samuel replied: Jehovah and the king he has chosen are witnesses today that you have found me to be completely innocent. They answered: That is right, Jehovah is our witness!

My advice is to gather all Israel's troops from Dan to Beersheba. They are as numerous as the sand on the seashore. Lead them into battle yourself.

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.

Your people, O Israel, are like the sand of the sea. Yet only a remnant within them will return. Overwhelming and righteous destruction has been decreed.

Your descendants would be like sand. Your children would be like its grains. Their names would not be cut off or wiped out in my presence.

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.'

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be like the grains of the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. It will be said: You are the sons of the living God in the place where it was said you are not my people!

They all come for violence. Their crowds look straight ahead and gather prisoners like the sand.

In hope against hope Abraham believed that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken: So your descendants will be.

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved.

Satan will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. The number of these is as the sand of the sea (too great to count).

General references

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust, your offspring could be counted.

We do not have a city that continues. We seek after the city that is to come.