Genesis 13:16 Cross References
Genesis 13:16
16: And I am going to give you so many descendants that, like dust, they cannot be counted!
Genesis 28:14
- Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will cover the land from east to west and from north to south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
Numbers 23:10
- Who can count Jacob's descendants, as numerous as dust? Who can count even a fourth of Israel's people? Let me die like the righteous; let my life end like theirs."
Genesis 32:12
- But you promised to treat me kindly and to multiply my descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore--too many to count."
Genesis 15:5
- Then the LORD brought Abram outside beneath the night sky and told him, "Look up into the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your descendants will be like that--too many to count!"
Genesis 22:17
- I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies,
1 Kings 3:8
- And here I am among your own chosen people, a nation so great they are too numerous to count!
Exodus 32:13
- Remember your covenant with your servants--Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You swore by your own self, `I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. Yes, I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.'"
Hebrews 11:12
- And so a whole nation came from this one man, Abraham, who was too old to have any children--a nation with so many people that, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
Genesis 18:18
- "For Abraham will become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
Genesis 46:3
- "I am God," the voice said, "the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will see to it that you become a great nation there.
Genesis 21:13
- But I will make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because he also is your son."
Genesis 28:3
- May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants become a great assembly of nations!
Genesis 17:20
- As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will cause him to multiply and become a great nation. Twelve princes will be among his descendants.
1 Chronicles 27:23
- When David took his census, he did not count those who were younger than twenty years of age, because the LORD had promised to make the Israelites as numerous as the stars in heaven.
Deuteronomy 1:10
- The LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars!
Isaiah 48:18
- Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling like waves.
- Then you would have become as numerous as the sands along the seashore--too many to count! There would have been no need for your destruction."
Jeremiah 33:22
- And as the stars cannot be counted and the sand on the seashores cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David, my servant, and the Levites who minister before me."
Genesis 17:6
- I will give you millions of descendants who will represent many nations. Kings will be among them!
Genesis 26:4
- I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
Judges 6:5
- These enemy hordes, coming with their cattle and tents as thick as locusts, arrived on droves of camels too numerous to count. And they stayed until the land was stripped bare.
Genesis 25:1
- Now Abraham married again. Keturah was his new wife,
- and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Jokshan's two sons were Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.
- Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham through Keturah.
- Abraham left everything he owned to his son Isaac.
Genesis 36:1
- This is the history of the descendants of Esau (also known as Edom).
- Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
- He also married his cousin Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and the sister of Nebaioth.
- Esau and Adah had a son named Eliphaz. Esau and Basemath had a son named Reuel.
- Esau and Oholibamah had sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
Judges 6:3
- Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel,
1 Kings 4:20
- The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They were very contented, with plenty to eat and drink.
2 Chronicles 17:14
- His army was enrolled according to ancestral clans. From Judah, there were 300,000 troops organized in units of one thousand, under the command of Adnah.
- Next in command was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 troops.
- Next was Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered for the LORD's service, with 200,000 troops under his command.
- From Benjamin, there were 200,000 troops equipped with bows and shields. They were under the command of Eliada, a veteran soldier.
- Next in command was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 armed men.
Revelation 7:9
- After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white and held palm branches in their hands.
Genesis 35:11
- Then God said, "I am God Almighty. Multiply and fill the earth! Become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
Exodus 1:7
- But their descendants had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so quickly that they soon filled the land.
Genesis 17:16
- And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings will be among her descendants!"
Romans 4:16
- So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it, whether or not we follow Jewish customs, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.
- That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, "I have made you the father of many nations." This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who brings into existence what didn't exist before.
- When God promised Abraham that he would become the father of many nations, Abraham believed him. God had also said, "Your descendants will be as numerous as the stars," even though such a promise seemed utterly impossible!
Genesis 12:2
- I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.
- I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."
1 Chronicles 21:5
- and reported the number of people to David. There were 1,100,000 men of military age in Israel, and 470,000 in Judah.