Deuteronomy 1:11

New American Bible - revised edition

May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times over, and bless you as he promised!

Cross References

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord increase your number, yours and your descendants.

Genesis 22:17

I will bless you and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants will take possession of the gates of their enemies,

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing—

Numbers 6:27

So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them.

2 Samuel 24:3

But Joab replied to the king: “May the Lord your God increase the number of people a hundredfold for my lord the king to see it with his own eyes. But why does it please my lord to do a thing of this kind?”

Genesis 49:25

The God of your father, who helps you, God Almighty, who blesses you, With the blessings of the heavens above, the blessings of the abyss that crouches below, The blessings of breasts and womb,

Numbers 22:12

But God said to Balaam: Do not go with them and do not curse this people, for they are blessed.

Exodus 32:13

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and how you swore to them by your own self, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.’”

Genesis 15:5

He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be.

1 Chronicles 21:3

But Joab replied: “May the Lord increase his people a hundredfold! My lord king, are not all of them my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord seek to do this thing? Why should he bring guilt upon Israel?”

Deuteronomy 1:8

See, I have given that land over to you. Go now and possess the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them. Appointment of Elders.

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord, your God, has made you numerous, and now you are as numerous as the stars of the heavens.

Deuteronomy 1:12

But how can I, by myself, bear the weight, the contentiousness of you?

Deuteronomy 10:22

Seventy strong your ancestors went down to Egypt, and now the Lord, your God, has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 28:62

You who were numerous as the stars of the heavens will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord, your God. Exile.

Ezekiel 16:7

I helped you grow up like a field plant, so that you grew, maturing into a woman with breasts developed and hair grown; but still you were stark naked.