Hebrews 11:12

11:12 So in fact children ¹  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ²  on the seashore. ³ 

[11:12]  ¹ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  ² tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

[11:12]  ³ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).