Verse 22

Your ancestors went down to Egypt with seventy people, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the heavens.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:5 : 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."
  • Gen 46:27 : 27 And the two sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, brought the total number of Jacob's family who came to Egypt to seventy.
  • Exod 1:5 : 5 The total number of Jacob's descendants was seventy, and Joseph was already in Egypt.
  • Deut 1:10 : 10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and now you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
  • Deut 28:62 : 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
  • Neh 9:23 : 23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had promised their ancestors they would enter and take possession of.
  • Acts 7:14 : 14 Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in total.
  • Num 26:51 : 51 The total number of the Israelites registered was 601,730.
  • Num 26:62 : 62 The total number of the Levites registered, all the males a month old or older, was 23,000. They were not counted among the Israelites because they were not given an inheritance among them.
  • Heb 11:12 : 12 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.