And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.<n id="1" />

I will greatly multiply your descendants,&#8221; the <sc>Lord&#8217;sc>s angel added,<n id="1" /> &#8220;so that they will be too numerous to count.&#8221;<n id="2" />

But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.&#8221;p>

I will indeed bless you,<n id="1" /> and I will greatly multiply<n id="2" /> your descendants<n id="3" /> so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession<n id="4" /> of the strongholds<n id="5" /> of their enemies.

<p class="poetry">And I will put hostility<n id="1" /> between you and the womanp> <p class="poetry">and between your offspring and her offspring;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">her offspring will attack<n id="3" /> your head,p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="4" /> you<n id="5" /> will attack her offspring&#8217;s heel.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> took him outside and said, &#8220;Gaze into the sky and count the stars &#8211; if you are able to count them!&#8221; Then he said to him, &#8220;So will your descendants be.&#8221;p>

Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Abram, &#8220;Know for certain<n id="1" /> that your descendants will be strangers<n id="2" /> in a foreign country.<n id="3" /> They will be enslaved and oppressed<n id="4" /> for four hundred years.

I will confirm<n id="1" /> my covenant as a perpetual<n id="2" /> covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.<n id="3" />

This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep:<n id="1" /> Every male among you must be circumcised.<n id="2" />

They blessed Rebekah with these words:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Our sister, may you become the mother<n id="2" /> of thousands of ten thousands!p> <p class="poetry">May your descendants possess the strongholds<n id="3" /> of their enemies.&#8221;p>

I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them<n id="1" /> all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.<n id="2" />

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth,<n id="1" /> and you will spread out<n id="2" /> to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another<n id="3" /> using your name and that of your descendants.<n id="4" />

But you<n id="1" /> said, &#8216;I will certainly make you prosper<n id="2" /> and will make<n id="3" /> your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;I never expected<n id="1" /> to see you<n id="2" /> again, but now God has allowed me to see your children<n id="3" /> too.&#8221;p>

The <sc>Lordsc> appeared to him that night and said, &#8220;I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.&#8221;