Genesis 15:5

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

And he brought him forth abroad and said—Look steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

Cross References

Hebrews 11:12

Wherefore, even from one, were born, and, as to these things, one who had become dead,—like the stars of the heaven, for multitude, and as the sand that is by the lip of the sea, that cannot be numbered.

Romans 4:18

Who, past hope, upon hope believed, so that he became father of many nations,—according to what had been said—So shall be thy seed;—

Deuteronomy 1:10

Yahweh your God hath multiplied you, and here ye are to-day, like the stars of the heavens for multitude.

Exodus 32:13

Have remembrance of Abraham, of Isaac and of Israel thy servants to whom thou didst swear by thyself, and didst speak unto them saying, I will multiply your seed, as the stars of the heavens,—and, all this land of which I have spoken, will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it to times age-abiding.

Genesis 22:17

That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,—that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:

Deuteronomy 10:22

As seventy souls, went thy fathers down to Egypt,—and, now, Yahweh thy God hath made thee like the stars of the heavens for multitude.

Jeremiah 33:22

As, the host of the heavens, cannot be recorded, Nor the sand of the sea, be measured, So, will I multiply, The seed of David my servant, And the Levites who attend upon me.

Psalm 147:4

Counting the number of the stars, To all of them—names, he giveth.

1 Chronicles 27:23

But David took not the number of them, from twenty years old, and under,—because Yahweh had said, he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.

Genesis 12:2

That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall become as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward,—And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee and in thy seed.

Genesis 26:4

and will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give to thy seed, all these lands,—And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in thy seed:

Genesis 16:10

And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, I will, greatly multiply, thy seed—so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 13:16

and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth,—so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.

Genesis 17:2

That I may set my covenant betwixt me and thee, And may multiply thee, exceedingly.

Joshua 24:3

So I took your father, Abraham, from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan,—and multiplied his seed, and gave unto him, Isaac;

1 Kings 3:8

And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen,—a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude.

Nehemiah 9:23

Their children also, didst thou multiply, like the stars of the heavens,—and didst bring them into the land which thou hadst promised their fathers they should enter to possess;

Job 35:5

Look at the heavens and see,—and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.

Isaiah 51:2

Look well unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah who gave you birth,—For he was, alone, when called I him, And, I blessed him that I might make him, many.

Genesis 32:13

And he tarried there that night, and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother: