that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.
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.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, (so many) as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.