Genesis 13:16

The Passion Translation

I will multiply them until they are as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. If anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could also be counted.

Cross References

Genesis 28:14

They will become as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth, and they will extend their territory in all directions. Through you and your descendants, I will bless the whole world.

Genesis 32:12

You said to me, ‘I will certainly prosper you and make your offspring as innumerable as the sand of the sea.’ ”

Genesis 15:5

Then Yahweh brought him outside his tent and said, “Gaze into the night sky. Go ahead and try to count the stars.” He continued, “Your seed will be as numerous as the stars!”

Revelation 7:9

After this I looked, and behold, right in front of me I saw a vast multitude of people—an enormous multitude so huge that no one could count—made up of victorious ones from every nation, tribe, people group, and language. They were all in glistening white robes, standing before the throne and before the Lamb with palm branches in their hands.

Jeremiah 33:22

Just as no one can count the stars in the sky nor measure the sand of the seashore, so I will increase the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me until they cannot be counted.”

Judges 6:5

When they invaded the land with their livestock and camels and tents, they were as numerous as locusts, leaving the land desolate.

Judges 6:3

Whenever the Israelites planted any crops, and before they could reap the harvest, the Midianites would come with the Amalekites and other desert tribes and invade the land.

Genesis 46:3

“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; for I will make your descendants a great nation there.

Genesis 35:11

and said to him, “I am the God who is more than enough. Go and have many children, and they will multiply. A nation and a gathering of many nations will come from you; and you will be the ancestor of kings.

Genesis 28:3

May the God who is always more than enough bless you abundantly. May he make you fruitful and multiply your descendants until you become many tribes!

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and I will one day give them all these lands. I will bless all the nations of the earth through your offspring

Genesis 21:13

Rest assured, I will make the son of your slave woman into a nation too, because he is your son.”

Genesis 18:18

After all, he will become a great and powerful nation, and every nation on earth will seek bliss like his.

Genesis 17:20

And regarding Ishmael, I have heard your cry and I will indeed bless him. I will cause him to have many, many descendants. He will father twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 17:16

I will wonderfully bless her, and I will certainly give you a son through her. Yes, I will bless her greatly, and she will become a mother of nations; kings of nations will arise among her children!”

Genesis 17:6

I will make you abundantly fruitful, more than you expect. I will make nations out of you, and kings will trace their lineage back to you.

Hebrews 11:12

In fact, so many children were subsequently fathered by this aged man of faith—one who was as good as dead, that he now has offspring as innumerable as the sand on the seashore and as the stars in the sky!

Genesis 16:10

The angel added, “I will greatly multiply your descendants until no one can count them.”

Genesis 17:2

I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants.”

Genesis 32:13

So he spent the night there. From what he had with him, Jacob sent a gift to his brother Esau: