Genesis 15:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He took him outside and said, ‘Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘Your offspring will be that numerous.’

Cross References

Hebrews 11:12

Therefore, from one man #– #in fact, from one as good as dead #– #came offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the seashore.

Romans 4:18

He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations   , according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be.   ,

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Exodus 32:13

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel #– #you swore to them by yourself  and declared, “I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it for ever.” ’

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you  and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky  and the sand on the seashore.  Your offspring will possess the city gates of their  enemies.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your ancestors went down to Egypt, seventy people in all,  and now the Lord your God has made you numerous, like the stars of the sky.

Jeremiah 33:22

Even as the stars of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured,  so too I will make innumerable the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.’

1 Chronicles 27:23

David didn’t count the men aged twenty or under, for the Lord had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 28:14

Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth,  and you will spread out towards the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed  by your offspring,

Genesis 16:10

The angel of the Lord said to her, ‘I will greatly multiply your offspring,  and they will be too many to count.’

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,  so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 17:2

I will set up my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.’

Joshua 24:3

But I took your father Abraham from the region beyond the River Euphrates, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants.  I gave him Isaac,

1 Kings 3:8

Your servant is among your people you have chosen,  a people too many to be numbered or counted.

Nehemiah 9:23

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky and brought them to the land you told their ancestors to go in and possess.

Job 35:5

Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one; I blessed him and made him many.

Genesis 32:13

He spent the night there and took part of what he had brought with him as a gift for his brother Esau: