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Genesis 22:17

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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;

That in blessing {H1288} I will bless {H1288} thee, and in multiplying {H7235} I will multiply {H7235} thy seed {H2233} as the stars {H3556} of the heaven {H8064}, and as the sand {H2344} which is upon the sea {H3220} shore {H8193}; and thy seed {H2233} shall possess {H3423} the gate {H8179} of his enemies {H341};

I will most certainly bless you; and I will most certainly increase your descendants to as many as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the cities of their enemies,

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 15:5 (13 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 13:16 (11 votes)

    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.

  • Jeremiah 33:22 (11 votes)

    As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

  • Genesis 26:4 (10 votes)

    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;

  • Genesis 24:60 (9 votes)

    And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

  • Psalms 2:8 (8 votes)

    Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.

  • Psalms 2:9 (8 votes)

    Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.