Genesis 15:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:10 : 10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye `are' to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude;
  • Rom 4:18 : 18 Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: `So shall thy seed be;'
  • Heb 11:12 : 12 wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that `is' by the sea-shore -- the innumerable.
  • Exod 32:13 : 13 `Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited to the age;'
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which `is' on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;
  • Ps 147:4 : 4 Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'
  • Deut 10:22 : 22 with seventy persons did thy fathers go down to Egypt, and now hath Jehovah thy God made thee as stars of the heavens for multitude.
  • 1 Chr 27:23 : 23 And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
  • Gen 16:10 : 10 and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 nor because they are seed of Abraham `are' all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;' 8 that is, the children of the flesh -- these `are' not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 15:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I `am' a shield to thee, thy reward `is' exceeding great.'

    2And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

    3And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

    4And lo, the word of Jehovah `is' unto him, saying, `This `one' doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

  • Gen 13:14-17
    4 verses
    79%

    14And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou `art', northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

    15for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age.

    16And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;

    17rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which `is' on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;

    18and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father;

    4and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;

  • Gen 15:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

    7And He saith unto him, `I `am' Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

    8and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

  • Gen 28:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, `I `am' Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed;

    14and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.

  • Heb 11:18
    75%

    18of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

  • Gen 17:19
    75%

    19and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

  • Gen 17:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4`I -- lo, My covenant `is' with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

    5and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

    6and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

  • Gen 16:10
    74%

    10and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'

  • Gen 18:18
    74%

    18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

  • Rom 4:18
    73%

    18Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: `So shall thy seed be;'

  • Heb 6:14
    73%

    14saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'

  • Gen 28:4
    73%

    4and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'

  • Gen 32:12
    73%

    12and Thou -- Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.'

  • Heb 11:12
    73%

    12wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that `is' by the sea-shore -- the innumerable.

  • Gen 35:11
    73%

    11And God saith to him, `I `am' God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

  • Gen 17:2
    73%

    2and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

  • Gen 17:9
    73%

    9And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

  • Acts 7:3
    73%

    3and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

  • Gen 12:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

    2And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

  • Gen 21:12
    72%

    12and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.

  • Exod 32:13
    72%

    13`Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited to the age;'

  • Job 5:25
    72%

    25And hast known that numerous `is' Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

  • Gen 12:7
    72%

    7And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.