Genesis 22:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies, [Heb. 6:13, 14; 11:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Common English Bible

¹⁷ I will bless you richly and I will give you countless descendants, as many as the stars in the sky and as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies’ cities.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 22:17 Cross References

Genesis 12:2

“And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing!

Genesis 13:16

“And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted.

Genesis 15:5

And He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the heavens, and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So are your seed.”

Genesis 17:6

“And I shall make you bear fruit exceedingly, and make nations of you, and sovereigns shall come from you.

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Riḇ

Genesis 25:11

And it came to be, after the death of Aḇ

Genesis 26:24

And יהוה  appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the Elohim of your father Aḇ

Genesis 26:4

“And I shall increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I shall give all these lands to your seed. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Genesis 28:3

“And Ě

Genesis 28:4

and give you the blessing of Aḇ

Genesis 32:12

“For You said, ‘I shall certainly do good to you, and shall make your seed as the sand of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’ ”

Genesis 32:13

And he spent the night there, and took what came to his hand as a present for Ě

2 Samuel 17:11

“But I advise: Let all Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 4:20

Yehuḏ

1 Kings 9:26

And Sovereign Shelomoh built a fleet of ships at Etsyon Geḇ

1 Chronicles 27:23

But Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 1:9

“Now, יהוה  Elohim, let Your promise to Dawiḏ

Nehemiah 9:23

“And You increased their children as the stars of the heavens, and brought them into the land which You had said to their fathers to go in and possess.

Exodus 32:13

“Remember Aḇ

Isaiah 48:19

“And your seed would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your inward parts like the grains of sand. His name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before Me.

Jeremiah 32:22

‘And You gave them this land, of which You swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Jeremiah 33:22

‘As the host of the heavens is not counted, nor the sand of the sea measured, so I increase the descendants of Dawiḏ

Hosea 1:10

“Yet the number of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 2:1

“Say to your brothers, ‘O my people,’ and to your sisters, ‘O, compassioned one.’

Micah 1:9

For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Yehuḏ

Romans 4:13

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Aḇ

Romans 9:27

And Yeshayahu cries out on behalf of Yisra’ĕ

1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks to Elohim who gives us the overcoming through our Master יהושע  Messiah.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע  Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Messiah,

Deuteronomy 1:10

‘יהוה  your Elohim has increased you, and see, you are today as numerous as the stars of the heavens.

Deuteronomy 1:11

‘יהוה  Elohim of your fathers is going to add to you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you as He has spoken to you!

Deuteronomy 10:22

“Your fathers went down to Mitsrayim with seventy beings, and now יהוה  your Elohim has made you as numerous as the stars of the heavens.

Deuteronomy 13:17

“And none of that which is put under the ban is to cling to your hand, so that יהוה  turns from the fierceness of His displeasure and shall show you compassion, love you and increase you, as He swore to your fathers,

Deuteronomy 13:18

when you obey the voice of יהוה  your Elohim, to guard all His commands which I command you today, to do what is right in the eyes of יהוה  your Elohim.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city,

Hebrews 11:12

And so from one, and him as good as dead, were born as numerous as the stars of the heaven, as countless as the sand which is by the seashore.

Hebrews 6:14

saying, “Truly, blessing I shall bless you, and increasing I shall increase you.”

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh messenger sounded, and there came to be loud voices in the heaven, saying, “The reign of this world has become the reign of our Master, and of His Messiah, and He shall reign forever and ever!”