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
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 15:5
And He brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if you shall be able to number them fully, and He said, Thus shall your seed be.
Genesis 17:6
And I will increase you very exceedingly, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and give you a son by her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.
Genesis 17:20
And concerning Ishmael, behold, I have heard you, and behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 18:18
But Abraham shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 21:13
And moreover, I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is your seed.
Genesis 22:17
surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and your seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 25:1-34
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And Abraham again took a wife, whose name was Keturah.
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And she bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
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And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Assurians, the Letushim, and the Leummim.
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And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah; all these were sons of Keturah.
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But Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac his son.
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But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, while he was yet living, to the country of the east.
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And these [were] the years of the days of the life of Abraham, as many as he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years.
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Then Abraham breathed his last, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.
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And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre,
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[even] the field and the cave which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth; there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife.
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And it came to pass after Abraham was dead, that God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac dwelt by the Well of the Vision.
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And these are the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, the handmaid of Sarah, bore to Abraham.
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And these are the names of the sons of Ismael, according to the names of their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael [was] Nabajoth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
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Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
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Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their towns and in their camps, twelve princes according to their nations.
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And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was added to his fathers.
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And he dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt, until one comes to the Assyrians; he dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.
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And these are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham:
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Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.
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Now Isaac prayed to the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.
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And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to inquire of the Lord.
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And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body, and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.
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And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.
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And the first came out red, hairy all over like a garment; and she called his name Esau.
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And after this his brother came forth, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them.
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And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.
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And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebecca loved Jacob.
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And Jacob cooked a stew, and Esau came from the plain, and he [was] weary.
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And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red stew, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.
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And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day your birthright.
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And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright [belong] to me?
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And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.
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And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and a stew of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; thus Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis 26:4
And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven; and I will give to your seed all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in your seed.
Genesis 28:3
And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become an assembly of nations.
Genesis 28:14
And your seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in you and in your seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 32:12
But You said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, I am your God; be fruitful and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come out of your loins.
Genesis 36:1-43
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And these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
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And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Canaanites; Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon, the Hivite;
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and Basemath, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nabajoth.
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And Adah bore to him Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel.
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And Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of Canaan.
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And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had gotten, and all things whatsoever that he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Canaan, from the face of his brother Jacob.
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For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them, because of the abundance of their possessions.
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And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir; Esau is Edom.
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And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.
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And these are the names of the sons of Esau: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, wife of Esau.
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And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
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And Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau; and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah, the wife of Esau.
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And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau.
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And these are the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the son of Sebegon, the wife of Esau; and she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.
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These are the chiefs of the son of Esau, even the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau; Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,
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Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
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And these are the sons of Reuel, the son of Esau: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs of Reuel, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau.
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And these are the sons of Oholibamah, wife of Esau; Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, and Chief Korah. These are the chiefs of Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, wife of Esau.
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These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are the chiefs..
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And these are the sons of Seir, the Horite, who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
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Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, the son of Seir, in the land of Edom.
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And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman; and the sister of Lotan was Timna.
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And these are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
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And these are the sons of Zibeon: Ajah, and Anah; this is the Anah who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the beasts of his father Zibeon.
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And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
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And these are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
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And these are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
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And these are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
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And these are the chiefs of Horri: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobai, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah,
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Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishon. These are the chiefs of Horri, in their principalities in the land of Edom.
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Now these are the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel:
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Bela, son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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And Bela died; and Jobab, son of Zerah, from Bozrah reigned in his place.
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When Jobab died, Husham, from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
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And when Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who cut off Midian in the plain of Moab, ruled in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
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When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
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And when Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth-by-the River reigned in his place.
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When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
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And when Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadar the son of Barad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pau; and the name of his wife was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, son of Mezahab.
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These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their tribes, according to their place, in their countries, and in their nations; Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth,
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Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,
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Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar,
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Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom in their dwelling places in the land of their possession; this is Esau, the father of Edom.
Genesis 46:3
And He said to him, I am the God of your fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.
Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.
Exodus 32:13
remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob Your servants, to whom You have sworn by Yourself, and have spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which You spoke of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.
Numbers 23:10
Who has calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? Let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.
Deuteronomy 1:10
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of heaven in multitude.
Judges 6:3
And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Midian and Amalek went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.
Judges 6:5
For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste.
1 Kings 3:8
But Your servant [is] in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered.
1 Kings 4:20
[This translation omits this verse.]
1 Chronicles 21:5
And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David. And all Israel was one million one hundred thousand men that drew the sword. And the sons of Judah [were] four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew the sword.
1 Chronicles 27:23
But David took not their number from twenty years old and under, because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the stars of the heaven.
2 Chronicles 17:14-18
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And this [is] their number according to the houses of their fathers; even the captains of thousands in Judah [were]: Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of strength, three hundred thousand.
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And after him, Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand.
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And after him Amasiah the [son] of Zichri, who was zealous for the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of strength.
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And out of Benjamin [there was] a mighty man of strength, even Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand archers and targeteers.
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And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand mighty men of war.
Isaiah 48:18
And if you had hearkened to My commandments, [then] would your peace have been like a river, and your righteousness as a wave of the sea.
Isaiah 48:19
Your seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your belly as the dust of the ground; neither now shall you by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall your name perish from before Me.
Jeremiah 33:22
[This translation omits this verse.]
Romans 4:16-18
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Therefore it is of faith that it may be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
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(just as it is written, "I have appointed you a father of many nations") before God, whom he believed, the [One] who gives life to the dead and calls those things which are not as though they were;
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who, contrary to hope, on hope believed, so that he should become a father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your descendants be."
Hebrews 11:12
Therefore even from one [man] they were begotten, and him as good as dead, just as the stars of the sky in multitude, and innumerable as the sand by the seashore.
Revelation 7:9
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, out of every nation, and [from] tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed in long white robes, with palm branches in their hands.