Deuteronomy 10:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When your ancestors went to live in Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But the LORD has blessed you, and now there are more of you than there are stars in the sky.

Cross References

Genesis 15:5

Then the LORD took Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have.”

Genesis 22:17

“I will bless you and give you such a large family, that some day your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the beach. They will defeat their enemies and take over the cities where their enemies live.

Genesis 46:26

Sixty-six members of Jacob's family went to Egypt with him, not counting his daughters-in-law.

Genesis 46:27

Jacob's two grandsons who were born there made it a total of seventy members of Jacob's family in Egypt.

Nehemiah 9:23

You brought them into the land that you had promised their ancestors, and you blessed their nation with people who outnumbered the stars in the sky.

Numbers 26:51

The total number of Israelite men listed was 601,730.

Numbers 26:62

In the tribe of Levi there were 23,000 men and boys at least a month old. They were not listed with the other tribes, because they would not receive any land in Canaan.

Acts 7:14

Joseph sent for his father and his relatives. In all, there were seventy-five of them.

Deuteronomy 1:10

The LORD our God has blessed us, and so now there are as many of us as there are stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 1:11

God has even promised to bless us a thousand times more, and I pray that he will.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then, standing there in front of the place of worship, you must pray: My ancestor was homeless, an Aramean who went to live in Egypt. There were only a few in his family then, but they became great and powerful, a nation of many people.

Deuteronomy 28:62

There are as many of you now as the stars in the sky, but if you disobey the LORD your God, only a few of you will be left.

Hebrews 11:12

Her husband Abraham was almost dead, but he became the ancestor of many people. In fact, there are as many of them as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the beach.