Genesis 22:17

God promises to bless Abraham and multiply his offspring like the stars and sand, and that they will possess the gate of their enemies. It confirms an innumerable, victorious people.

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• Gen 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
• Jer 33:22As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
• Gen 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
• Gen 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
• Num 24:17–19I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
• Ps 72:8–9May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
• Gen 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
• Ps 2:8–9Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
• Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
• Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
• Deut 1:10The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
• Josh 1:1–10Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
• 1 Cor 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
• Jer 32:22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Deut 28:2–13And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
• Gen 49:25–26by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.
• Gen 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
• Gen 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
• Luke 1:68–75“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
• Gen 27:28–29May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.
• Gen 32:12But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
• Deut 21:19his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
• Gen 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
• Mic 1:9For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
• 2 Sam 8:1–18Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
• Dan 2:44–45In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
• Gen 28:14–22Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
• 1 Kgs 9:26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
• 2 Sam 10:1–19Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.

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