Genesis 15:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

Yahweh 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 shall your seed be."

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  • Deut 1:10 : 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
  • Rom 4:18 : 18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."
  • Heb 11:12 : 12 Therefore 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.
  • Exod 32:13 : 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
  • Ps 147:4 : 4 He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.
  • Deut 10:22 : 22 Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
  • 1 Chr 27:23 : 23 But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
  • Gen 16:10 : 10 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called." 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 15:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

    2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

    3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

    4 Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."

  • Gen 13:14-17
    4 verses
    79%

    14 Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

    15 for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

    16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.

    17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you."

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17 that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

    18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

    4 I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

  • Gen 15:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

    7 He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."

    8 He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

  • Gen 28:13-14
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    76%

    13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

    14 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • 18 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

  • 19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac.{Isaac means "he laughs."} I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

  • Gen 17:4-6
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    4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

    5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

    6 I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

  • 10 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."

  • 18 seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

  • 18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."

  • 14 saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."

  • 4 and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."

  • 12 You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"

  • 12 Therefore 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.

  • 11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your loins.

  • 2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

  • 9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

  • 3 and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'

  • Gen 12:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.

    2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

  • 12 God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.

  • 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • 25 You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.

  • 7 Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, "I will give this land to your seed{or, offspring}." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.