"And I will make¹ of thee²° a greatª nation,ª and I will blessª° thee, and make²° thy name² great;ª°¹ and thou shalt be¹ a blessing:ª ... And I will blessª° them that blessª° thee, and curseª° him that cursethª° thee: and in thee shall all¹ familiesª of the earthª be blessed.ª°" {Gen 12:2-3} + "And he brought him forthª°¹ abroad,ª and said,ª° Lookª° now¹ toward heaven,ª and tellª° the stars,ª if¹ thou be ableª° to numberª° them: and he saidª° unto him, Soª shall thy seedª be.¹" {Gen 15:5} + "And I will make²° thee exceedingª fruitful,ª° and I will makeª° nationsª of thee, and kingsª shall come outª° of¹ thee." {Gen 17:6} + "And I will blessª° her, and giveª° thee a sonª also¹ of¹ her: yea, I will blessª° her, and she shall be¹ [a mother] of nations;ª kingsª of peopleª shall be¹ of¹ her." {Gen 17:16} + "And as for Ishmael,ª I have heard¹ thee:²° Behold,¹ I have blessedª° him, and will make him fruitful,ª°¹ and will multiplyª° him exceedingly;ª twelveªª princesª shall he beget,ª° and I will make¹ him²° a greatª nation.ª" {Gen 17:20} + "Seeing that Abrahamª shall surely becomeª a greatª and mightyª nation,ª and all¹ the nationsª of the earthª shall be blessedª° in him?" {Gen 18:18} + "And also¹¹ of the sonª of the bondwomanª will I makeª° a nation,ª because¹ he¹ [is] thy seed.ª" {Gen 21:13} + "That¹ in blessingª° I will blessª° thee, and in multiplyingª° I will multiplyª°¹ thy seedª as the starsª of the heaven,ª and as the sandª which¹ [is] upon¹ the seaª shore;ª and thy seedª shall possessª°¹ the gateª of his enemies;ª°" {Gen 22:17} + "Then againª° Abrahamª tookª° a wife,ª and her nameª [was] Keturah.ª ... Then Jacobª gaveª° Esauª breadª and pottageª of lentiles;ª and he did eatª° and drink,ª° and rose up,ª° and went his way:²°¹ thus Esauª despisedª°¹ [his] birthright.ª" {Gen 25:1-34} + "And I will make²°¹ thy seedª to multiplyª° as the starsª of heaven,ª and will giveª° unto thy seedª¹ all¹ theseª countries;ª and in thy seedª shall all¹ the nationsª of the earthª be blessed;ª°" {Gen 26:4} + "And Godª Almightyª blessª° thee, and make thee fruitful,ª° and multiplyª° thee, that thou mayest be¹ a multitudeª of people;ª" {Gen 28:3} + "And thy seedª shall be¹ as the dustª of the earth,ª and thou shalt spread abroadª° to the west,ª and to the east,ª and to the north,ª and to the south:ª and in thee and in thy seedª shall all¹ the familiesª of the earthª be blessed.ª°" {Gen 28:14} + "And thou¹ saidst,ª° I will surely²° do thee good,ª°¹ and makeª°¹ thy seedª as the sandª of the sea,ª which¹ cannot¹ be numberedª° for multitude.ª¹" {Gen 32:12} + "And Godª saidª° unto him, I¹ [am] Godª Almighty:ª be fruitfulª° and multiply;ª° a nationª and a companyª of nationsª shall be¹ of¹ thee, and kingsª shall come²° out¹ of thy loins;ª¹" {Gen 35:11} + "Now these¹ [are] the generationsª of Esau,ª who¹ [is] Edom.ª ... Dukeª Magdiel,ª dukeª Iram:ª these¹ [be] the dukesª of Edom,ª according to their habitationsª in the landª of their possession:ª he¹ [is] Esauª the fatherª of the Edomites.ª" {Gen 36:1-43} + "And he said,ª° I¹ [am] God,ª the Godª of thy father:ª fearª° not¹ to go downª°¹ into Egypt;ª for¹ I will there¹ makeª° of thee a greatª nation:ª" {Gen 46:3} + "And the childrenª of Israelª were fruitful,ª° and increased abundantly,ª° and multiplied,ª° and waxed exceedingª mighty;ªª° and the landª was filledª° with¹ them." {Exd 1:7} + "Rememberª° Abraham,ª Isaac,ª and Israel,ª thy servants,ª to whom¹ thou swarestª° by thine own self, and saidstª° unto¹ them, I will multiplyª°¹ your seedª as the starsª of heaven,ª and all¹ this¹ landª that¹ I have spokenª° of will I giveª° unto your seed,ª and they shall inheritª° [it] for ever.ª" {Exd 32:13} + "Who¹ can countª° the dustª of Jacob,ª and the numberª of¹ the fourthª [part] of Israel?ª Let me¹ dieª°² the deathª of the righteous,ª and let my last² end¹ be¹ like his!¹" {Num 23:10} + "The LORDª your Godª hath multipliedª° you, and, behold,¹ ye [are] this dayª as the starsª of heavenª for multitude.ª" {Deu 1:10} + "And [so] it was,¹ when¹ Israelª had sown,ª° that the Midianitesª came up,ª° and the Amalekites,²¹ and the childrenª of the east,ª even they came upª° against¹ them;" {Jdg 6:3} + "For¹ they¹ came upª° with their cattleª and their tents,ª and they cameª°°° as²¹ grasshoppersª for multitude;ª [for] both they¹ and their camelsª were without¹ number:ª and they enteredª° into the landª to destroyª° it." {Jdg 6:5} + "And thy servantª [is] in the midstª of thy peopleª which¹ thou hast chosen,ª° a greatª people,ª that¹ cannot¹ be numberedª° nor¹ countedª° for multitude.ª¹" {1Kg 3:8} + "Judahª and Israelª [were] many,ª as the sandª which¹ [is] by¹ the seaª in multitude,ª eatingª° and drinking,ª° and making merry.ª" {1Kg 4:20} + "And Joabª gaveª°¹ the sumª of the numberª of the peopleª unto¹ David.ª And all¹ [they of] Israelª were¹ a thousandª thousandª and an hundredª thousandª menª that drewª° sword:ª and Judahª [was] fourª hundredª threescore and tenª thousandª menª that drewª° sword.ª" {1Ch 21:5} + "But Davidª tookª° not¹ the numberª of them from twenty² years² oldª¹¹¹ and under:ª because¹ the LORDª had saidª° he would increaseª°¹ Israelª like to the starsª of the heavens.ª" {1Ch 27:23} + "And these¹ [are] the numbersª of them according to the houseª of their fathers:ª Of Judah,ª the captainsª of thousands;ª Adnahª the chief,ª and with¹ him mighty menª of valourª threeª hundredª thousand.ª ... And nextª¹ him [was] Jehozabad,ª and with¹ him an hundredª and fourscoreª thousandª ready preparedª° for the war.ª" {2Ch 17:14-18} + "O thatª thou hadst hearkenedª° to my commandments!ª then had thy peaceª been¹ as a river,ª and thy righteousnessª as the wavesª of the sea:ª" {Isa 48:18} + "Thy seedª also had been¹ as the sand,ª and the offspringª of thy bowelsª like the gravelª thereof; his nameª should not¹ have been cut offª° nor¹ destroyedª° from beforeª¹ me." {Isa 48:19} + "As¹ the hostª of heavenª cannot¹ be numbered,ª° neither¹ the sandª of the seaª measured:ª° so¹ will I multiplyª°¹ the seedª of Davidª my servant,ª and the Levitesª that minister²° unto¹ me." {Jer 33:22} + "Thereforeªª [it is] ofª faith,ª thatª [it might be] byª grace;ª to the end² the¹ promiseª might beª° sureª to allª the¹ seed;ª notª to that¹ onlyª which is ofª the¹ law,ª butª to that¹ alsoª which is ofª the faithª of Abraham;ª whoª isª° the fatherª of usª all,ª ... Whoª againstª hopeª believedª° inª hope,ª that² heª might becomeª° the fatherª of manyª nations,ª accordingª to that which was spoken,ª° Soª shall²° thyª seedª be.ª°" {Rom 4:16-18} + "Thereforeª sprang¹ there²° evenª ofª one,ª andª himª as good as dead,ª° [so many] asª the¹ starsª of the¹ skyª in multitude,ª andª asª the sandª whichª is byª the¹ sea² shoreª¹ innumerable.ª" {Hbr 11:12} + "Afterª thisª I beheld,ª° and,ª lo,ª° a greatª multitude,ª whichª no manª couldª° number,ªª° ofª allª nations,ª andª kindreds,ª andª people,ª andª tongues,ª stoodª° beforeª the¹ throne,ª andª beforeª the¹ Lamb,ª clothedª° with whiteª robes,ª andª palmsª inª their²¹ hands;ª" {Rev 7:9} |
