Psalms 105:12
In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
Young's Literal Translation
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 thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'
13And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'
Genesis 34:30And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, 'Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'
Deuteronomy 7:7'Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye [are] the least of all the peoples,
Isaiah 51:2Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah — she bringeth you forth, For — one — I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.
Acts 7:5and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him — he having no child.
Hebrews 11:12wherefore, also from one were begotten — and that of one who had become dead — as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that [is] by the sea-shore — the innumerable.
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 →