Verse 12

wherefore{G1352} also there sprang{G1080} of{G575} one,{G1520} and{G2532} him{G5023} as{G2531} good as dead,{G3499} [so many] as{G2531} the stars{G798} of heaven in multitude,{G4128} and{G2532} as{G5616} the{G5491} sand,{G285} which is{G3588} by{G3844} the {G2281} sea-shore,{G5491} innumerable.{G382}

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 22:17 : 17 that in blessing{H1288} I will bless{H1288} thee, and in multiplying{H7235} I will multiply{H7235} thy seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of the heavens,{H8064} and as the sand{H2344} which is upon the{H3220} seashore;{H8193} and thy seed{H2233} shall possess{H3423} the gate{H8179} of his enemies;{H341}
  • Gen 32:12 : 12 And thou saidst,{H559} I will surely{H3190} do thee good,{H3190} and make{H7760} thy seed{H2233} as the sand{H2344} of the sea,{H3220} which cannot be numbered{H5608} for multitude.{H7230}
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number{H4557} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall be as the sand{H2344} of the sea,{H3220} which cannot be measured{H4058} nor numbered;{H5608} and it shall come to pass that, in the place{H4725} where it was said{H559} unto them, Ye are not my people,{H5971} it shall be said{H559} unto them, [Ye are] the sons{H1121} of the living{H2416} God.{H410}
  • Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth{H3318} abroad,{H2351} and said,{H559} Look{H5027} now toward heaven,{H8064} and number{H5608} the stars,{H3556} if thou be able{H3201} to number{H5608} them: and he said{H559} unto him, So{H3541} shall thy seed{H2233} be.
  • Isa 10:22 : 22 For though thy people,{H5971} Israel,{H3478} be as the sand{H2344} of the sea,{H3220} [only] a remnant{H7605} of them shall return:{H7725} a destruction{H3631} [is] determined,{H2782} overflowing{H7857} with righteousness.{H6666}
  • Isa 48:19 : 19 thy seed{H2233} also had been as the sand,{H2344} and the offspring{H6631} of thy bowels{H4578} like the grains{H4579} thereof: his name{H8034} would not be cut off{H3772} nor destroyed{H8045} from before{H6440} me.
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} cannot be numbered,{H5608} neither the sand{H2344} of the sea{H3220} measured;{H4058} so will I multiply{H7235} the seed{H2233} of David{H1732} my servant,{H5650} and the Levites{H3881} that minister{H8334} unto me.
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 and I will multiply{H7235} thy seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of heaven,{H8064} and will give{H5414} unto thy seed{H2233} all these{H411} lands; and in thy seed{H2233} shall all the nations{H1471} of the earth{H776} be blessed;{H1288}
  • Rom 9:27 : 27 And{G1161} Isaiah{G2268} crieth{G2896} concerning{G5228} Israel,{G2474} If{G1437} the number{G706} of the children{G5207} of Israel{G2474} be{G5600} as{G5613} the sand{G285} of the sea,{G2281} it is the remnant{G2640} that shall be saved:{G4982}
  • Rev 20:8 : 8 and{G2532} shall come forth{G1831} to deceive{G4105} the nations{G1484} which are{G3588} in{G1722} the four{G5064} corners{G1137} of the earth,{G1093} Gog{G1136} and{G2532} Magog,{G3098} to gather{G4863} them{G846} together{G4863} to{G1519} the war:{G4171} the number{G706} of whom{G3739} is as{G5613} the sand{G285} of the sea.{G2281}
  • Exod 32:13 : 13 Remember{H2142} Abraham,{H85} Isaac,{H3327} and Israel,{H3478} thy servants,{H5650} to whom thou swarest{H7650} by thine own self, and saidst{H1696} unto them, I will multiply{H7235} your seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of heaven,{H8064} and all this land{H776} that I have spoken{H559} of will I give{H5414} unto your seed,{H2233} and they shall inherit{H5157} it for ever.{H5769}
  • Deut 1:10 : 10 Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} hath multiplied{H7235} you, and, behold, ye are this day{H3117} as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064} for multitude.{H7230}
  • Deut 28:62 : 62 And ye shall be left{H7604} few{H4592} in number,{H4962} whereas{H834} ye were as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064} for multitude;{H7230} because thou didst not hearken{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}
  • Josh 11:4 : 4 And they went out,{H3318} they and all their hosts{H4264} with them, much{H7227} people,{H5971} even as the sand{H2344} that is upon the {H3220} sea-shore{H8193} in multitude,{H7230} with horses{H5483} and chariots{H7393} very{H3966} many.{H7227}
  • Judg 7:12 : 12 And the Midianites{H4080} and the Amalekites{H6002} and all the children{H1121} of the east{H6924} lay{H5307} along in the valley{H6010} like locusts{H697} for multitude;{H7230} and their camels{H1581} were without number,{H4557} as the sand{H2344} which is upon the sea-shore{H8193} {H3220} for multitude.{H7230}
  • 1 Sam 12:5 : 5 And he said{H559} unto them, Jehovah{H3068} is witness{H5707} against you, and his anointed{H4899} is witness{H5707} this day,{H3117} that ye have not found{H4672} aught{H3972} in my hand.{H3027} And they said,{H559} He is witness.{H5707}
  • 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 But I counsel{H3289} that all Israel{H3478} be gathered{H622} together{H622} unto thee, from Dan{H1835} even to Beer-sheba,{H884} as the sand{H2344} that is by the sea{H3220} for multitude;{H7230} and that thou go{H1980} to battle{H7128} in thine own person.{H6440}
  • 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478} were many{H7227} as the sand{H2344} which is by the sea{H3220} in multitude,{H7230} eating{H398} and drinking{H8354} and making merry.{H8056}
  • 1 Chr 27:23 : 23 But David{H1732} took{H5375} not the number{H4557} of them from twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} and under,{H4295} because Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} he would increase{H7235} Israel{H3478} like to the stars{H3556} of heaven.{H8064}
  • Neh 9:23 : 23 Their children{H1121} also multipliedst{H7235} thou as the stars{H3556} of heaven,{H8064} and broughtest{H935} them into the land{H776} concerning which thou didst say{H559} to their fathers,{H1} that they should go in{H935} to possess{H3423} it.
  • Rom 4:17-19 : 17 {G3754} (as{G2531} it is written,{G1125} A father{G3962} of many{G4183} nations{G1484} have I made{G5087} thee){G4571} before{G2713} him whom{G3739} he believed,{G4100} [even] God,{G2316} who giveth life{G2227} to the dead,{G3498} and{G2532} calleth{G2564} the things that are{G5607} not,{G3361} as{G5613} though they were.{G5607} 18 Who{G3739} in{G1909} hope{G1680} believed{G4100} against{G3844} hope,{G1680} to the end that{G1519} he{G846} might become{G1096} a father{G3962} of many{G4183} nations,{G1484} according to{G2596} that which had been spoken,{G2046} So{G3779} shall{G2071} thy{G4675} seed{G4690} be.{G2071} 19 And{G2532} without{G3361} being{G770} weakened{G770} in faith{G4102} he considered{G2657} {G3756} his own{G1438} body{G4983} now{G2235} as good as dead{G3499} (he being about{G4225} a hundred years old),{G1541} and{G2532} the deadness{G3500} of{G3388} Sarah's{G4564} womb;{G5225}