Hebrews 11:12

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

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 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.

Hosea 1:10

And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

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.

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.

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.

Revelation 20:8

And they came upon the breadth of the earth, and encompassed the camp of the saints, and the beloved city.

Isaiah 10:22

For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted: the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.

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.

Isaiah 48:19

And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.

Nehemiah 9:23

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.

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 Kings 4:20

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

2 Samuel 17:11

But this seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered. And thou shalt be in the midst of them.

1 Samuel 12:5

And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you; and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness.

Judges 7:12

But Madian and Amalec, and all the eastern people lay scattered in the valley, as a multitude of locusts. Their camels also were innumerable as the sand that lieth on the sea-shore.

Joshua 11:4

And they all came out with their troops, a people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on the sea-shore, their horses also and chariots a very great multitude.

Deuteronomy 28:62

And you shall remain few in number, who before were as the stars of heaven for multitude: because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God.

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.

Romans 9:27

And Isaias crieth out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.

Habakkuk 1:9

They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.