Hebrews 11:12

God's Word

Abraham was as good as dead. Yet, from this man came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the grains of sand on the seashore.

Cross References

Genesis 15:5

He took Abram outside and said, “Now look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He also said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!”

Genesis 22:17

I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies’ cities.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and give all these lands to your descendants. Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 32:12

But you did say, ‘I will make sure that you are prosperous and that your descendants will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to count them because there are so many.’ ”

2 Samuel 17:11

So my advice is to gather all Israel’s troops from Dan to Beersheba, since they are as numerous as the sand on the seashore. Lead them into battle yourself.

1 Kings 4:20

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They ate and drank and lived happily.

1 Chronicles 27:23

David didn’t count those under 20 years old, because the Lord had promised that the people of Israel would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky. You brought them into the land you told their parents to enter and possess.

Exodus 32:13

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You took an oath, swearing on yourself. You told them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all the land I spoke of. It will be their permanent possession.’ ”

Isaiah 10:22

Although your people Israel may be as ⌞numerous as⌟ the grains of sand on the seashore, only a few will return. Destruction will be complete and fair.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants would be like sand. Your children would be like its grains. Their names would not be cut off or wiped out in my presence.

Jeremiah 33:22

I will multiply the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who serve me like the stars of heaven that cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore that cannot be measured.”

Hosea 1:10

“Yet, the Israelites will become as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to measure them or count them. Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be told, ‘You are the children of the living God.’

Habakkuk 1:9

They will all come for violence. Every face will be directed forward. They will gather prisoners like sand.

Romans 9:27

Isaiah also says about Israel: “Although the descendants of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, only a few will be saved.

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has made your population increase so that you are now as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 28:62

At one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky. But only a few of you will be left, because you didn’t obey the Lord your God.

Joshua 11:4

They came out with all their armies. Their troops were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They also had horses and chariots.

Revelation 20:8

He will go out to deceive Gog and Magog, the nations in the four corners of the earth, and gather them for war. They will be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.

Judges 7:12

Midian, Amalek, and all of Kedem were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts. There were so many camels that they could not be counted. They were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.

1 Samuel 12:5

Samuel told them, “The Lord is a witness to what you’ve said, and his anointed king is a witness today that you’ve found nothing in my hands.” “He is a witness,” they answered.