Genesis 15:5
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
In other translations
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Hebrew words
וַיּוֹצֵאvaiyotze'and he brought outH3318אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853הַחוּצָהhachutzahthe outside towardsH2351וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הַבֶּט־habet-lookH5027נָאna'pleaseH4994הַשָּׁמַיְמָהhashamaymahthe heavens towardsH8064וּסְפֹרuseforand countH5608הַכּוֹכָבִיםhakokhavimthe starsH3556אִם־'im-ifH518תּוּכַלtukhalyou are ableH3201לִסְפֹּרlisporto countH5608אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לוֹloto <the> himכֹּהkohthusH3541יִהְיֶהyihyehit will beH1961זַרְעֶךָ׃zar'ekhaoffspring yourH2233
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Related verses
- Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Romans 4:18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Deuteronomy 1:10The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
- Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Deuteronomy 10:22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Jeremiah 33:22As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
- 1 Chronicles 27:23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
- Psalm 147:4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
- Romans 9:7-87 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” 8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
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