Genesis 13:16

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You will have so many descendants that they'll be like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count dust then they could count the number of your descendants!

Cross References

Genesis 15:5

The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!”

Genesis 16:10

Then he continued, “I will give you many, many descendants—in fact they'll be so many they can't be counted.”

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her and I promise to give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations, and kings will be among her descendants.”

Genesis 17:2

I will make my agreement between me and you, and I will give you many, many descendants.”

Genesis 17:20

Now about Ishmael. I heard what you said, and I will also bless him. I will make sure he has a great many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 17:6

I will make sure you have a large number of descendants. They will become many nations, and some of their kings will also come from your line.

Genesis 18:18

Abraham will definitely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 21:13

Don't worry—I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he's your son.”

Genesis 22:17

you can be sure that I will bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as numerous as the stars of heaven and the sand of the seashore, and they will conquer their enemies.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants,

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and will spread out west and east, and north and south. Everyone on earth will be blessed by your descendants.

Genesis 28:3

God Almighty bless you and may your descendants be so numerous that you become the ancestor of many nations.

Genesis 32:12

You yourself told me, ‘I will definitely treat you well. I will make your descendants as numerous as the sand of the seashore—too many to count.’”

Genesis 32:13

Jacob stayed the night there. Then he picked out animals as a gift to his brother Esau:

Genesis 35:11

Then God said, “I am God Almighty! Reproduce, increase, and you will become a nation—in fact a group of nations—and kings will be among your descendants.

Genesis 46:3

“I am God, the God of your father! Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will turn you and your descendants into a great nation.

1 Kings 3:8

I, your servant, am here among your chosen people, a great people that are so many they cannot be counted.

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel had become as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They ate, they drank, they were happy.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord graciously helped them and was kind to them. He looked after them because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Even to this day he's been unwilling to destroy them or to throw them out of his presence.

1 Chronicles 21:5

and he gave David the number of people censused. In Israel there were 1,100,000 fighting men who could handle a sword, and 470,000 in Judah.

1 Chronicles 27:23

David did not census the men under twenty because the Lord had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.

2 Chronicles 1:9

Lord God, please keep the promise you made to my father David. You have made me king over a nation that has as many people as the dust of the earth.

Job 5:25

You will also be sure that you will have many children; your descendants will be like the grass of the earth.

Exodus 1:7

However, the Israelites had many children and their numbers increased rapidly. In fact there were so many of them that they became very powerful—the country was full of them.

Exodus 32:13

Remember you swore a promise your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, telling them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and give you all the land I promised to them, and they shall own it forever.’”

Jeremiah 33:22

In the same way that the stars of heaven can't be counted, and the sand on the seashore can't be measured, that's how many times I will multiply the number of my servant David's descendants and the Levites who serve me.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter of the Israelites? I would like to die as a good person dies! Let the end of my life be like their end!”

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has increased your numbers so much that today there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.

Hebrews 11:12

That is why the descendants of Abraham (who was as good as dead!) became as numerous as the stars of heaven, as countless as the sand of the sea shore.

Revelation 7:9

After this I looked and saw a great crowd that nobody could count, made up of every nation, tribe, people and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

Judges 6:3

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other peoples from the east would come and attack them.

Judges 6:5

They arrived in huge numbers with their livestock and tents like swarms of locusts, with so many camels they couldn't be counted. They invaded the land to completely devastate it.