Bible Cross References
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.
Genesis 12:2
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations."
Genesis 15:5
The LORD took him outside and said, "Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that."
Genesis 17:6
I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants."
Genesis 17:20
I have heard your request about Ishmael, so I will bless him and give him many children and many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make a great nation of his descendants.
Genesis 18:18
His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 21:13
I will also give many children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation. He too is your son."
Genesis 22:17
I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
Genesis 25:1-34
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Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah.
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She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
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Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.
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The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were Keturah's descendants.
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Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac;
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but while he was still alive, he gave presents to the sons his other wives had borne him. Then he sent these sons to the land of the East, away from his son Isaac.
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Abraham died at the ripe old age of 175.
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His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in Machpelah Cave, in the field east of Mamre that had belonged to Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
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It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; both Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there.
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After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me."
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Ishmael, whom Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarah, bore to Abraham,
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had the following sons, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
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Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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They were the ancestors of twelve tribes, and their names were given to their villages and camping places.
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Ishmael was 137 years old when he died.
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The descendants of Ishmael lived in the territory between Havilah and Shur, to the east of Egypt on the way to Assyria. They lived apart from the other descendants of Abraham.
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This is the story of Abraham's son Isaac.
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Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel (an Aramean from Mesopotamia) and sister of Laban.
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Because Rebecca had no children, Isaac prayed to the LORD for her. The LORD answered his prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant.
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She was going to have twins, and before they were born, they struggled against each other in her womb. She said, "Why should something like this happen to me?" So she went to ask the LORD for an answer.
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The LORD said to her, "Two nations are within you; You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other; The older will serve the younger."
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The time came for her to give birth, and she had twin sons.
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The first one was reddish, and his skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau.
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The second one was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
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The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
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Isaac preferred Esau, because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed, but Rebecca preferred Jacob.
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One day while Jacob was cooking some bean soup, Esau came in from hunting. He was hungry
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and said to Jacob, "I'm starving; give me some of that red stuff." (That is why he was named Edom. )
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Jacob answered, "I will give it to you if you give me your rights as the first-born son."
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Esau said, "All right! I am about to die; what good will my rights do me?"
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Jacob answered, "First make a vow that you will give me your rights." Esau made the vow and gave his rights to Jacob.
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Then Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. That was all Esau cared about his rights as the first-born son.
Genesis 26:4
I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give them all this territory. All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants.
Genesis 28:3
May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!
Genesis 28:14
They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 32:12
Remember that you promised to make everything go well for me and to give me more descendants than anyone could count, as many as the grains of sand along the seashore."
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.
Genesis 36:1-43
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These are the descendants of Esau, also called Edom.
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Esau married Canaanite women: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon the Hivite;
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and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
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Adah bore Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;
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and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
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Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the people of his house, along with all his livestock and all the possessions he had gotten in the land of Canaan, and went away from his brother Jacob to another land.
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He left because the land where he and Jacob were living was not able to support them; they had too much livestock and could no longer stay together.
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So Esau lived in the hill country of Edom.
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These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.
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Esau's wife Adah bore him one son, Eliphaz, and Eliphaz had five sons: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. And by another wife, Timna, he had one more son, Amalek. Esau's wife Basemath bore him one son, Reuel, and Reuel had four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
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Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon, bore him three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
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These are the tribes descended from Esau. Esau's first son Eliphaz was the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
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Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Adah.
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Esau's son Reuel was the ancestor of the following tribes: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Basemath.
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The following tribes were descended from Esau by his wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
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All these tribes were descended from Esau.
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The original inhabitants of the land of Edom were divided into tribes which traced their ancestry to the following descendants of Seir, a Horite: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
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Lotan was the ancestor of the clans of Hori and Heman. (Lotan had a sister named Timna.)
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Shobal was the ancestor of the clans of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
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Zibeon had two sons, Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was taking care of his father's donkeys.)
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Anah was the father of Dishon, who was the ancestor of the clans of Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. Anah also had a daughter named Oholibamah.
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Ezer was the ancestor of the clans of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
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Dishan was the ancestor of the clans of Uz and Aran.
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These are the Horite tribes in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
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Before there were any kings in Israel, the following kings ruled the land of Edom in succession: Bela son of Beor from Dinhabah Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah Husham from the region of Teman Hadad son of Bedad from Avith (he defeated the Midianites in a battle in the country of Moab) Samlah from Masrekah Shaul from Rehoboth-on-the-River Baal Hanan son of Achbor Hadad from Pau (his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab)
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Esau was the ancestor of the following Edomite tribes: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. The area where each of these tribes lived was known by the name of the tribe.
Genesis 46:3
"I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there.
Exodus 1:7
but their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and became so numerous and strong that Egypt was filled with them.
Exodus 32:13
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember the solemn promise you made to them to give them as many descendants as there are stars in the sky and to give their descendants all that land you promised would be their possession forever."
Numbers 23:10
The descendants of Israel are like the dust--- There are too many of them to be counted. Let me end my days like one of God's people; Let me die in peace like the righteous."
Deuteronomy 1:10
The LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites would come with the Amalekites and the desert tribes and attack them.
Judges 6:5
They would come with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. They and their camels were too many to count. They came and devastated the land,
1 Kings 3:8
Here I am among the people you have chosen to be your own, a people who are so many that they cannot be counted.
1 Kings 4:20
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore; they ate and drank, and were happy.
1 Chronicles 21:5
He reported to King David the total number of men capable of military service: 1,100,000 in Israel and 470,000 in Judah.
1 Chronicles 27:23
King David did not take a census of the people who were under the age of twenty, because of the LORD's promise to make the people of Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.
2 Chronicles 17:14-18
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according to their clans. Adnah was the commander of the troops from the clans of Judah, and he had 300,000 soldiers under him.
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Second in rank was Jehohanan, with 280,000 soldiers,
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and third was Amasiah son of Zichri, with 200,000. (Amasiah had volunteered to serve the LORD.)
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The commander of the troops from the clans of Benjamin was Eliada, an outstanding soldier, in command of 200,000 men armed with shields and bows.
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His second in command was Jehozabad with 180,000 men, well-equipped for battle.
Isaiah 48:18
"If only you had listened to my commands! Then blessings would have flowed for you like a stream that never goes dry. Victory would have come to you like the waves that roll on the shore.
Isaiah 48:19
Your descendants would be as numerous as grains of sand, and I would have made sure they were never destroyed."
Jeremiah 33:22
I will increase the number of descendants of my servant David and the number of priests from the tribe of Levi, so that it will be as impossible to count them as it is to count the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore."
Romans 4:16-18
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And so the promise was based on faith, in order that the promise should be guaranteed as God's free gift to all of Abraham's descendants---not just to those who obey the Law, but also to those who believe as Abraham did. For Abraham is the spiritual father of us all;
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as the scripture says, "I have made you father of many nations." So the promise is good in the sight of God, in whom Abraham believed---the God who brings the dead to life and whose command brings into being what did not exist.
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Abraham believed and hoped, even when there was no reason for hoping, and so became "the father of many nations." Just as the scripture says, "Your descendants will be as many as the stars."
Hebrews 11:12
Though Abraham was practically dead, from this one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, as many as the numberless grains of sand on the seashore.
Revelation 7:9
After this I looked, and there was an enormous crowd---no one could count all the people! They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language, and they stood in front of the throne and of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.