Deuteronomy 1:11
LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
12How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Cross References
Genesis 22:17that 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 seashore, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies,
Genesis 49:25even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
Numbers 6:27So shall they put my name upon the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.
Deuteronomy 10:22Thy fathers went down into Egypt, in souls, seventy. And now LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
2 Samuel 24:3And Joab said to the king, Now LORD thy God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
Psalms 115:14LORD increase you more and more, you and your sons.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:10-19
The Charge to Magistrates. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I… Read the whole commentary →