Deuteronomy 1:11
The Lord God of your fathers add to you a thousandfold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
12How shall I alone be able to bear your labor, and your burden, and your gainsayings?
Cross References
Genesis 22:17surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 49:25And my God helped thee, 1 And he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from above, 1 And the blessing of the earth possessing all things, 1 Because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb, 1
Numbers 6:27And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I the Lord will bless them.
Deuteronomy 10:22With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
2 Samuel 24:3And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundredfold as many as they are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?
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 →