Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Nehemiah 9:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them into the land that you had told their ancestors to enter and possess. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their children You also multiplied as the stars of heaven and brought them into the land which You told their fathers they should go in and possess. American Standard Version (1901) Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. Common English Bible You multiplied their descendants as the stars of heaven. You brought them into the land that you had told their ancestors to enter and possess. Catholic Public Domain Version And you multiplied their sons like the stars of heaven. And you led them into the land, about which you had said to their fathers that they would enter and possess it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven: and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it. |
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates,
He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land where you are now an alien, all the land of Canaan, for a perpetual holding, and I will be their God.”
I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,
Reside in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
Although once you were as numerous as the stars in heaven, you shall be left few in number because you did not obey the Lord your God.