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Genesis 15:5

And 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.”

Genesis 15:5 BSB
  1. a Cited in Romans 4:18

Genesis 15:5 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 11:12 (16 votes) and Romans 4:18 (13 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 12 to Revelation 7.

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Which verses does Genesis 15:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Hebrews 11:1216 votes

    And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

  2. Romans 4:1813 votes

    Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

  3. Deuteronomy 1:1012 votes

    The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

  4. Exodus 32:1311 votes

    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”

  5. Genesis 22:1710 votes

    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

  6. Deuteronomy 10:229 votes

    Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

  7. Jeremiah 33:229 votes

    As 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.”

  8. 1 Chronicles 27:238 votes

    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

  9. Psalm 147:47 votes

    He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

  10. Romans 9:7–87 votes

    Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

  11. Genesis 12:26 votes

    I 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.

  12. Genesis 16:105 votes
  13. Genesis 26:45 votes
  14. Genesis 28:145 votes
  15. Genesis 13:164 votes

    I 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.

Which verses point to Genesis 15:5?

The 10 strongest of 37.