And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and (A)count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “(B)So shall your [a]descendants be.”

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  1. Genesis 15:5 Lit seed

(A)I will multiply your [a]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your [b]descendants all these lands; and (B)by your [c]descendants all the nations of the earth [d]shall be blessed,

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  1. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  3. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  4. Genesis 26:4 Or bless themselves

22 As the (A)heavenly [a]lights cannot be counted, and the (B)sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will (C)multiply the [b]descendants of My servant David and the (D)Levites who serve Me.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 33:22 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
  2. Jeremiah 33:22 Lit seed

12 Therefore even from one man, and (A)one who was as good as dead [a]at that, there were born descendants who were (B)just as the stars of heaven in number, and as the innumerable grains of sand along the seashore.

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  1. Hebrews 11:12 Lit in these things

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