And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. Cross References Genesis 15:5 And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He told him, "So shall your offspring be." Genesis 22:17 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. Genesis 32:12 But You have said, 'I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.'" Romans 4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah's womb. Revelation 20:8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth--Gog and Magog--to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore. Treasury of Scripture Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. and him. Romans 4:19 as the stars. Genesis 15:5 Genesis 22:17 Genesis 26:4 as the sand. Genesis 22:17 Genesis 32:12 Joshua 11:4 |