He took him outside and said, ‘Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘Your offspring will be that numerous.’
Deuteronomy 1:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the heavens for multitude. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. Common English Bible The LORD your God has multiplied your number—you are now as countless as the stars in the sky. Catholic Public Domain Version 'I alone am not able to sustain you. For the Lord, your God, has multiplied you, and you are today like the stars of heaven, very many. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I alone am not able to bear you: for the Lord your God hath multiplied you, and you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. |
He took him outside and said, ‘Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘Your offspring will be that numerous.’
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies.
Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out towards the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
David didn’t count the men aged twenty or under, for the Lord had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky and brought them to the land you told their ancestors to go in and possess.
The Israelites travelled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand able-bodied men on foot, besides their families.
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel #– #you swore to them by yourself and declared, “I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it for ever.” ’
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one; I blessed him and made him many.
I made you thrive like plants of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were stark naked.
May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as he promised you.
Your ancestors went down to Egypt, seventy people in all, and now the Lord your God has made you numerous, like the stars of the sky.
You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as a foreigner. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.
Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.
‘The Lord had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.