Genesis 13:16

Easy To Read Version

I will make your people as many as the dust of the earth. If people could count all the dust on earth, then they could count your people.

Cross References

Genesis 15:5

Then God led Abram outside. God said, “Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you can’t count them. In the future, your family will be like that.”

Genesis 16:10

The Angel of the Lord also said to Hagar, “From you will come many people. There will be so many people that they cannot be counted.”

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”

Genesis 17:2

If you do this, I will prepare an agreement between us. I will promise to make your people a great nation.”

Genesis 17:20

“You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him. He will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.

Genesis 17:6

I will give you many, many descendants. [94] New nations and kings will come from you.

Genesis 18:18

Abraham will become a great and powerful nation. And all the people on earth will be blessed because of him.

Genesis 21:13

But I will also bless the son of your slave woman. He is your son, so I will make a great nation from his family also.”

Genesis 22:17

I will truly bless you. I will give you many, many descendants, [126] as many as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they take from their enemies.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven. And I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants, [152] every nation on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14

You will have many, many descendants. [163] They will be as many as the pieces of dust on earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.

Genesis 28:3

I pray that God All-Powerful [162] will bless you and give you many children. I pray that you will become the father of a great nation.

Genesis 32:12

Lord, you said to me, ‘I will be good to you. I will increase your family and make your children as many as the sands of the sea. There will be too many to count.’”

Genesis 32:13

Jacob stayed in that place for the night. Jacob prepared some things to give to Esau as a gift.

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God All-Powerful. [208] {And I give you this blessing:} Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.

Genesis 46:3

Then God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt. In Egypt I will make you a great nation.

1 Kings 3:8

I, your servant, am here among your chosen people. There are many, many people. There are too many to count. {So a ruler must make many decisions among them.}

1 Kings 4:20

There were many, many people in Judah and Israel. The number of people was like sands on the seashore. The people lived happy lives: They ate, drank, and enjoyed themselves.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was kind to the Israelites. The Lord had mercy and turned to the Israelites. Why? Because of his Agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Lord would not destroy the Israelites or throw them away yet.

1 Chronicles 21:5

and told David how many people there were. In Israel there were 1,100,000 men who could use a sword. And there were 470,000 men in Judah who could use a sword.

1 Chronicles 27:23

\{David decided to count the men in Israel.\} There were very many people because God promised to make the people of Israel as many as the stars in the sky. So David only counted the men that were 20 years old and older.

2 Chronicles 1:9

Now, Lord God, keep your promise to my father David. You have chosen me to be king of a very large nation. There are so many people—they are like the dust of the earth!

Job 5:25

You will have many children.\par They will be as many as\par the blades of grass on the earth.\par

Exodus 1:7

But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew and grew. The people of Israel became strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with the Israelites.

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob). Those men served you. And you used your name to make a promise to them. You said: ‘I will make your people as many as the stars in the sky. I will give your people all this land like I promised. This land will be theirs forever.’”

Jeremiah 33:22

But I will give many descendants to my servant David and to the family group of Levi. They will be as many as the stars in the sky—no person can count all those stars. And they will be as many as the pieces of sand on the seashore—no person can count those pieces of sand.”

Numbers 23:10

Who can count Jacob’s people? They are as many as the grains of dust. No one can count even a fourth of the people of Israel. Let me die like a good man. Let my life end as happy as theirs!

Deuteronomy 1:10

And now, there are even more of you! The Lord your God has added more and more people, so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky!

Hebrews 11:12

This man was so old that he was almost dead. But from that one man came as many descendants {\cf2\super [146]} (people) as there are stars in the sky. So many people came from that one man that they are like grains of sand on the seashore.

Revelation 7:9

Then I looked, and there were many, many people. There were so many people that a person could not count them all. They were from every nation, tribe, race of people, and language of the earth. These people were standing before the throne and before the Lamb (Jesus). They all wore white robes and had palm branches in their hands.

Judges 6:3

They did that because the Midianite and Amalekite people from the east always came and destroyed their crops.

Judges 6:5

The people of Midian came up and camped in the land. They brought their families and their animals with them. They were as many as swarms of locusts! There were so many of those people and their camels that it was not possible to count them. All of these people came into the land and ruined it.