Genesis 22:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants 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 will take from their enemies.

Cross References

Genesis 15:5

Then God led Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you cannot count them. Your family will be like that.”

Jeremiah 33:22

But I will give many descendants to my servant David and to the tribe of Levi. They will be as many as the stars in the sky—no one can count all the stars. And they will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore—no one can count the grains of sand.”

Genesis 13:16

I will make your people so many that they will be like the dust of the earth. If people could count all the particles of dust on earth, they could count your people.

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 every nation on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 24:60

While Rebekah was leaving they said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of millions of people, and may your descendants defeat their enemies and take their cities.”

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel blew his trumpet. Then there were loud voices in heaven. The voices said, “The kingdom of the world has now become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah. And he will rule forever and ever.”

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.

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.’”

1 Corinthians 15:57

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

Jeremiah 32:22

“You gave the Israelites this land that you promised to give to their ancestors long ago. It is a very good land filled with many good things.

Micah 1:9

Samaria’s wound cannot be healed. Her disease has spread to Judah. It has reached the city gate of my people; it has spread all the way to Jerusalem.

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.

Deuteronomy 21:19

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

Genesis 28:3

I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you and give you many children. I pray that you will become the father of a great nation

Genesis 17:6

I will give you many descendants. New nations and kings will come from you.

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.

Romans 4:13

Abraham and his descendants received the promise that they would get the whole world. But Abraham did not receive that promise because he followed the law. He received that promise because he was right with God through his faith.

Romans 9:27

And Isaiah cries out about Israel: “There are so many people of Israel, they are like the grains of sand by the sea. But only a few of them will be saved.

Hebrews 6:14

He said, “I will surely bless you. I will give you many descendants.”

Hebrews 11:12

Abraham was so old he was almost dead. But from that one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. So many people came from him that they are like grains of sand on the seashore.

Genesis 25:11

After Abraham died, God blessed Isaac. Isaac was living at Beer Lahai Roi.

Genesis 26:24

The Lord spoke to him that night and 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 28:4

and 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.”

Deuteronomy 10:22

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

Deuteronomy 13:17

Everything in that city must be destroyed as an offering to God. So you must not keep any of the things for yourselves. If you follow this command, the Lord will stop being so angry with you. He will be kind to you. He will feel sorry for you. He will let your nation grow larger, as he promised your ancestors.

1 Chronicles 27:23

David decided to count the men in Israel. There were very many people because the Lord had promised to make the Israelites as many as the stars in the sky. So David counted only the men who were 20 years old and older.

2 Chronicles 1:9

Now, Lord God, continue to keep your promise to my father David. You made me king over so many people that they are like the dust of the earth.

Hosea 1:10

“In the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which you cannot measure or count. In the same place that God told them, ‘You are not my people,’ he will call them ‘children of the Living God.’

Genesis 32:13

Jacob stayed in that place for the night. He prepared some things to give to Esau as a gift.

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. These 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 as I promised. This land will be theirs forever.’”

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, give you 1000 times more people than you are now! May he bless you as he promised.

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 what the Lord your God says is right.

2 Samuel 17:11

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

1 Kings 4:20

In Judah and Israel there were as many people as sand on the seashore. The people were happy and had plenty to eat and drink.

Nehemiah 9:23

You made their descendants as many as the stars in the sky. You brought them to the land you promised to give their ancestors. They went in and took that land.

Isaiah 48:19

If you had obeyed me, you would have had as many children as there are grains of sand. And they would always have been mine and would never have been destroyed.”

Hosea 2:1

“Then you will say to your brothers, ‘You are my people,’ and you will say to your sisters, ‘He has shown mercy to you.’”