Genesis 13:16
New International Version
16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(A)
Genesis 13:16
King James Version
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
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Genesis 15:5
New International Version
5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
Genesis 15:5
King James Version
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
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Genesis 17:2
New International Version
Genesis 17:2
King James Version
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
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Genesis 17:4
New International Version
Genesis 17:4
King James Version
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
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Genesis 18:18
New International Version
18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(A) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[a]
Footnotes
- Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 18:18
King James Version
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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Genesis 22:17
King James Version
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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Genesis 26:4
New International Version
4 I will make your descendants(A) as numerous as the stars in the sky(B) and will give them all these lands,(C) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](D)
Footnotes
- Genesis 26:4 Or seed
- Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 26:4
King James Version
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
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Genesis 28:3
New International Version
3 May God Almighty[a](A) bless(B) you and make you fruitful(C) and increase your numbers(D) until you become a community of peoples.
Footnotes
- Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
Genesis 28:3
King James Version
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
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Genesis 28:14
New International Version
14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(A) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(B) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[a](C)
Footnotes
- Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 28:14
King James Version
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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Genesis 32:12
New International Version
12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand(A) of the sea, which cannot be counted.(B)’”
Genesis 32:12
King James Version
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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Genesis 35:11
New International Version
11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty[a];(A) be fruitful and increase in number.(B) A nation(C) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.(D)
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El-Shaddai
Genesis 35:11
King James Version
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
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Genesis 41:49
New International Version
49 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea;(A) it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.
Genesis 41:49
King James Version
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
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Genesis 46:3
King James Version
3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
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