Psalms 105:12
when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
In Context
11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
13They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
Genesis 34:30Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”
Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;
Isaiah 51:2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.
Acts 7:5He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
Hebrews 11:12Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:9-25
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one… Read the whole commentary →