Genesis 13:16

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

Cross References

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just; and my last end be like to them.

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: Thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: AND IN THEE AND THY SEED ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.

Genesis 32:12

Thou didst say that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for the multitude.

1 Kings 3:8

And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own self, saying: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven; and this whole land that I have spoken of I will give to you seed; and you shall possess it for ever.

Genesis 22:17

I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the seashore. Thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 15:5

And he thought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven, and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

Revelation 7:9

After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands:

Jeremiah 33:22

As the stars of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant and the Levites my ministers.

1 Chronicles 27:23

But David would not number them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said that he would multiply Israel like the stars of heaven.

1 Chronicles 21:5

And he gave David the number of them, whom he had surveyed. And all the number of Israel was found to be eleven hundred thousand men that drew the sword: and of Juda four hundred and seventy thousand fighting men.

1 Kings 4:20

Juda and Israel were innumerable, as the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.

Judges 6:5

For they and all their flocks came with their tents, and like locusts filled all places: an innumerable multitude of men, and of camels, wasting whatsoever they touched.

Judges 6:3

And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec and the rest of the eastern nations came up.

Deuteronomy 1:10

I alone am not able to bear you: for the Lord your God hath multiplied you, and you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Exodus 1:7

The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes. And growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.

Genesis 46:3

God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father. Fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.

Genesis 35:11

And said to him: I am God Almighty. Increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Genesis 28:3

And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase, and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.

Genesis 26:4

And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 21:13

But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation: because he is thy seed.

Genesis 18:18

Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?

Genesis 17:20

And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless: and he shell become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

Genesis 17:6

And I will make thee increase, exceedingly: and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall come out of thee.

Hebrews 11:12

For which cause there sprung even from one (and him as good as dead) as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Genesis 16:10

And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 17:2

And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

2 Kings 13:23

And the Lord had mercy on them, and returned to them because of his covenant, which he had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. And he would not destroy them, nor utterly cast them away, unto this present time.

2 Chronicles 1:9

Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my father: for thou hast made me king over thy great people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth.

Genesis 32:13

And when he had slept there that night, he set apart, of the things which he had, presents for his brother Esau.

Job 5:25

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied: and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.