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Genesis 15:5

WEB

5The LORD brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”

KJV

5And 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.

BSB

5And 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.”

FBV

5The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!”

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Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Hebrews 11:12

12Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.


Romans 4:18

18Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”


Deuteronomy 1:10

10The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of the sky for multitude.


Exodus 32:13

13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring[+] as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”


Genesis 22:17

17that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.


Deuteronomy 10:22

22Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.


Jeremiah 33:22

22As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.’”


1 Chronicles 27:23

23But David didn’t take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.


Psalms 147:4

4He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.


Romans 9:7-8

7Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.