And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your descendents be.
That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendents as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your descendents shall possess the gate of their enemies;
And I will make your descendents multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendents all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
And Joab said to the king, Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
And Joab answered, The LORD make his people a hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, I will multiply your descendents as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your descendents, and they shall inherit it forever.
I have caused you to multiply like the plant of the field, and you have increased and become great, and you have acquired excellent ornaments: your breasts are fashioned, and your hair is grown, whereas you were naked and bare.
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their descendents after them.