When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.

Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

May Almighty God cause the man to have pity on you, so that he will give Benjamin and your other brother back to you. As for me, if I must lose my children, I must lose them."

Jacob said to Joseph, "Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

He said to me, 'I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.' "

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as Almighty God, but I did not make myself known to them by my holy name, the LORD.

I will be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

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.

I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!

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."

Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many nations.

"I will keep my promise to you and to your descendants in future generations as an everlasting covenant. I will be your God and the God of your descendants.

His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.

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.

May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!

May he bless you and your descendants as he blessed Abraham, and may you take possession of this land, in which you have lived and which God gave to Abraham!"

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.

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."

"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.

He said to me, 'I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.' "

but their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and became so numerous and strong that Egypt was filled with them.

On the first day of the second month in the second year after the people of Israel left Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses there in the Tent of his presence in the Sinai Desert. He said,

twenty years old or older who are fit for military service.

These are the men, leaders within their tribes, who were chosen from the community for this work: (Tribe: Clan chief); Reuben: Elizur son of Shedeur; Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab; Issachar: Nethanel son of Zuar; Zebulun: Eliab son of Helon; Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud; Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni; Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; Asher: Pagiel son of Ochran; Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel; Naphtali: Ahira son of Enan

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With the help of these twelve men Moses and Aaron

as the LORD had commanded. In the Sinai Desert, Moses registered the people.

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