Verse 12
When they were but a few men{H4962} in number,{H4557} Yea, very few,{H4592} and sojourners{H1481} in it.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} to Simeon{H8095} and Levi,{H3878} Ye have troubled{H5916} me, to make me odious to the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} among the Canaanites{H3669} and the Perizzites:{H6522} and, I being few{H4962} in number,{H4557} they will gather themselves together{H622} against me{H5221} and smite me;{H5221} and I shall be destroyed,{H8045} I and my house.{H1004}
- Deut 7:7 : 7 Jehovah{H3068} did not set his love{H2836} upon you, nor choose{H977} you, because ye were more{H7230} in number than any people;{H5971} for ye were the fewest{H4592} of all peoples:{H5971}
- Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith{G4102} he became a sojourner{G3939} in{G1519} the land{G1093} of promise,{G1860} as{G5613} in a [land]{G245} not his own, dwelling{G2730} in{G1722} tents,{G4633} with{G3326} Isaac{G2464} and{G2532} Jacob,{G2384} the heirs with him{G4789} of the same{G846} promise:{G1860}
- Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger{H1616} and a sojourner{H8453} with you: give{H5414} me a possession{H272} of a burying-place{H6913} with you, that I may bury{H6912} my dead{H4191} out of my sight.{H6440}
- Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt answer{H6030} and say{H559} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} A Syrian{H761} ready to perish{H6} was my father;{H1} and he went down{H3381} into Egypt,{H4714} and sojourned{H1481} there, few{H4592} in{H4962} number; and he became there a nation,{H1471} great,{H1419} mighty,{H6099} and populous.{H7227}
- Isa 51:2 : 2 Look{H5027} unto Abraham{H85} your father,{H1} and unto Sarah{H8283} that bare{H2342} you; for when he was but one{H259} I called{H7121} him, and I blessed{H1288} him, and made him many.{H7235}
- Ezek 33:24-33 : 24 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} they that inhabit{H3427} those waste{H2723} places in the land{H127} of Israel{H3478} speak,{H559} saying,{H559} Abraham{H85} was one,{H259} and he inherited{H3423} the land:{H776} but we are many;{H7227} the land{H776} is given{H5414} us for inheritance.{H4181} 25 Wherefore say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Ye eat{H398} with the blood,{H1818} and lift up{H5375} your eyes{H5869} unto your idols,{H1544} and shed{H8210} blood:{H1818} and shall ye possess{H3423} the land?{H776} 26 Ye stand{H5975} upon your sword,{H2719} ye work{H6213} abomination,{H8441} and ye defile{H2930} every one{H376} his neighbor's{H7453} wife:{H802} and shall ye possess{H3423} the land?{H776} 27 Thus shalt thou say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} As I live,{H2416} surely they that are in the waste{H2723} places shall fall{H5307} by the sword;{H2719} and him that is in the open{H6440} field{H7704} will I give{H5414} to the beasts{H2416} to be devoured;{H398} and they that are in the strongholds{H4679} and in the caves{H4631} shall die{H4191} of the pestilence.{H1698} 28 And I will make{H5414} the land{H776} a desolation{H8077} and an astonishment;{H8077} and the pride{H1347} of her power{H5797} shall cease;{H7673} and the mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478} shall be desolate,{H8074} so that none shall pass through.{H5674} 29 Then shall they know{H3045} that I am Jehovah,{H3068} when I have made{H5414} the land{H776} a desolation{H8077} and an astonishment,{H8077} because of all their abominations{H8441} which they have committed.{H6213} 30 And as for thee, son{H1121} of man,{H120} the children{H1121} of thy people{H5971} talk{H1696} of{H681} thee by the walls{H7023} and in the doors{H6607} of the houses,{H1004} and speak{H1696} one{H2297} to another,{H259} every one{H376} to his brother,{H251} saying,{H559} Come,{H935} I pray you, and hear{H8085} what is the word{H1697} that cometh forth{H3318} from Jehovah.{H3068} 31 And they come{H935} unto thee as the people{H5971} cometh,{H3996} and they sit{H3427} before{H6440} thee as my people,{H5971} and they hear{H8085} thy words,{H1697} but do{H6213} them not; for with their mouth{H6310} they show{H6213} much love,{H5690} but their heart{H3820} goeth{H1980} after{H310} their gain.{H1215} 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely{H5690} song{H7892} of one that hath a pleasant{H3303} voice,{H6963} and can play well{H2895} on an instrument;{H5059} for they hear{H8085} thy words,{H1697} but they do{H6213} them not. 33 And when this cometh to pass,{H935} (behold, it cometh,){H935} then shall they know{H3045} that a prophet{H5030} hath been among{H8432} them.
- Acts 7:5 : 5 and{G2532} he gave{G1325} him{G846} none{G3756} inheritance{G2817} in{G1722} it,{G846} no, not{G3761} so much as to set{G968} his foot{G4228} on:{G4228} and{G2532} he promised{G1861} that he would give{G1325} it{G1325} to him{G846} in{G1519} possession,{G2697} and{G2532} to his{G846} seed{G4690} after{G3326} him,{G846} when [as yet] he{G846} had{G5607} no{G3756} child.{G5043}
- Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give{H5414} unto thee, and to thy seed{H2233} after thee,{H310} the land{H776} of thy sojournings,{H4033} all the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} for an everlasting{H5769} possession;{H272} and I will be their God.{H430}
- Heb 11:12 : 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}