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.’
Genesis 13:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then could your descendants also be counted. [Gen. 28:14.] American Standard Version (1901) And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered. Common English Bible I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth. If someone could count the bits of dust on the earth, then they could also count your descendants. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also. |
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.’
The angel of the Lord said to her, ‘I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.’
I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’
I will set up my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.’
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.
Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
and I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.’
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.
I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring,
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.
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.
You have said, “I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.” ’
He spent the night there and took part of what he had brought with him as a gift for his brother Esau:
God also said to him, ‘I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you, and kings will descend from you. ,
God said, ‘I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
Your servant is among your people you have chosen, a people too many to be numbered or counted.
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.
but the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and turned towards them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence.
Joab gave the total troop registration to David. In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand armed men and in Judah itself four hundred and seventy thousand armed men.
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.
Lord God, let your promise to my father David now come true. For you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
You will also know that your offspring will be many and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.
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.” ’
Even as the stars of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so too I will make innumerable the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.’
Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered even quarter of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my life be like theirs.
The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky.
Therefore, from one man #– #in fact, from one as good as dead #– #came offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the seashore.
After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.
Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east came and attacked them.
For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to lay waste to it.