Genesis 15:5

Free Bible Version

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!”

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make you the ancestor of a great nation and I will bless you. I will make sure you have a great reputation and that you are a blessing to others.

Genesis 13:16

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!

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 17:2

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

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 32:13

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

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 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.

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their descendants as countless as the stars of heaven, and led them to the land you had promised their fathers they would enter and possess.

Job 35:5

Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.

Psalm 147:4

He knows how many stars he made, and commands all of them by name.

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.’”

Isaiah 51:2

Look back at Abraham your father, and Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one man, but then I blessed him and he had many descendants.

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.

Romans 4:18

Against all hope Abraham in hope trusted God, so he could become the father of many peoples, just as God had promised him: “This is how many descendants you'll have!”

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.

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your forefathers went to Egypt there were only seventy of them in total, but now God has increased your numbers so much that 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.

Joshua 24:3

I brought your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.