Deuteronomy 1:11

Good News Translation

May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, make you increase a thousand times more and make you prosperous, as he promised!

Cross References

Genesis 15:5

The Lord took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that.”

Genesis 22:17

I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.

Genesis 26:4

I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give them all this territory. All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants.

Genesis 49:25

It is your father's God who helps you, The Almighty God who blesses you With blessings of rain from above And of deep waters from beneath the ground, Blessings of many cattle and children,

2 Samuel 24:3

But Joab answered the king, “Your Majesty, may the Lord your God make the people of Israel a hundred times more numerous than they are now, and may you live to see him do it. But why does Your Majesty want to do this?”

1 Chronicles 21:3

Joab answered, “May the Lord make the people of Israel a hundred times more numerous than they are now! Your Majesty, they are all your servants. Why do you want to do this and make the whole nation guilty?”

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord give you children— you and your descendants!

Exodus 32:13

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember the solemn promise you made to them to give them as many descendants as there are stars in the sky and to give their descendants all that land you promised would be their possession forever.”

Ezekiel 16:7

I made you grow like a healthy plant. You grew strong and tall and became a young woman. Your breasts were well-formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked.

Numbers 22:12

God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them, and do not put a curse on the people of Israel, because they have my blessing.”

Numbers 6:27

And the Lord said, “If they pronounce my name as a blessing upon the people of Israel, I will bless them.”

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 1:12

But how can I alone bear the heavy responsibility for settling your disputes?

Deuteronomy 1:8

All of this is the land which I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants. Go and occupy it.’”

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 28:62

Although you become as numerous as the stars in the sky, only a few of you will survive, because you did not obey the Lord your God.