Genesis 15:5
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 15
“And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”Genesis 15:5
What Does Genesis 15:5 Mean?
Genesis 15:5 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 15, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 15:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 12:2“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:”Hebrews 11:12“Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.”Genesis 22:17“That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;”Romans 4:18“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.”Deuteronomy 1:10“The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.”Exodus 32:13“Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.”Deuteronomy 10:22“Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.”Jeremiah 33:22“As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.”Genesis 26:4“And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;”Deuteronomy 1:11“(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!)”1 Chronicles 27:23“But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.”Job 5:25“Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.”Psalms 147:4“He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.”Romans 9:7“Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.”Hebrews 11:8“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.”1 Kings 3:8“And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.”Genesis 16:10“And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.”Genesis 28:14“And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”Deuteronomy 6:3“Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.”Genesis 13:16“And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.”
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