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, + 15:5 Rom 4:18 Thus shall your seed be.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
6+ 15:6 Rom 4:3 And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make your seed like the + 13:16 Gr. sand. dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed be numbered.
Genesis 22:17And + 22:17 Acts 3:25 in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have listened to my voice.
Genesis 28:14And 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.
Exodus 32:13remembering Abraam 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 for ever.
Deuteronomy 10:22With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.
Psalms 147:4He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly. 1
Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:3-7
2 And Abram said, Lord God , what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them:… Read the whole commentary →