Genesis 22:17

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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.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.

Genesis 13:16

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.

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 17:6

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

Genesis 24:60

While Rebekah was leaving they said to her,

Genesis 25:11

After Abraham died, God blessed Isaac. And Isaac continued to live at Beer Lahai Roi.

Genesis 26:24

The Lord spoke to Isaac that night. The Lord said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid. I am with you, and I will bless you. I will make your family great. I will do this because of my servant Abraham.”

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 28:3

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 28:4

I pray that God will bless you and your children the same way he blessed Abraham. And I pray that you will own the land where you live. This is the land God gave to Abraham.”

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.

2 Samuel 17:11

“This is what I suggest: You must gather all the Israelites together from Dan to Beersheba. [99] Then there will be many people, like the sand by the sea. Then you yourself must go into the battle.

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.

1 Kings 9:26

King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber. This town is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

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!

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their descendants {\cf2\super [53]} \par as many as the stars in the sky.\par You brought them to the land\par you promised to give their ancestors. {\cf2\super [54]} \par They went in and took that land.\par

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.’”

Isaiah 48:19

If you had obeyed me,\par then you would have had many children.\par They would have been\par like the many grains of sand.\par If you had obeyed me,\par then you would not have been destroyed.\par You would have continued with me.”\par

Jeremiah 32:22

“Lord, you gave this land to the people of Israel. This is the land you promised to give to their ancestors {\cf2\super [269]} long ago. It is a very good land. It is a good land with many good things.

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.”

Hosea 1:10

“\{In the future,\} the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea. You can’t measure the sand or count it. Then it will happen that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said to them, ‘You are the children of the living God.’

Hosea 2:1

“Then you will tell your brothers, ‘You are my people.’ And you will tell your sisters, ‘He has shown mercy to you.’” {\cf2\super [10]}

Micah 1:9

Samaria’s {\cf2\super [13]} wound can’t be healed.\par Her disease (sin) has spread to Judah.\par It has reached the city gate of my people.\par It has spread all the way to Jerusalem.\par

Romans 4:13

Abraham {\cf2\super [39]} and his descendants {\cf2\super [40]} received the promise that they would get the whole world. But Abraham did not receive that promise because he followed the law. {\cf2\super [41]} Abraham received that promise because he was right with God through his faith.

Romans 9:27

And Isaiah cries out about Israel {\cf2\super [91]} :

1 Corinthians 15:57

But we thank God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in heaven.

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!

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, [4] make you 1,000 times more than you are now! May he bless you like he promised!

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors [64] went down into Egypt, there were only 70 people. Now the Lord your God has made you many, many people—as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 13:17

Everything in that city must be given to God to be destroyed. So you must not keep any of the things for yourselves. If you follow this command, then the Lord will stop being so angry at you. The Lord will be kind to you. He will feel sorry for you. He will let your nation grow larger, like he promised your ancestors. [85]

Deuteronomy 13:18

This will happen if you listen to the Lord your God—if you obey all his commands that I give you today. You must do the things that the Lord your God says are right.

Deuteronomy 21:19

His father and mother must then take him to the leaders of the town at the town meeting place.

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.

Hebrews 6:14

God said, “I will truly bless you. I will give you many, many descendants. {\cf2\super [49]} ” {\cf2\super [50]}

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel blew his trumpet. Then there were loud voices in heaven. The voices said: