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Genesis 35:11
God also said to him,“ I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you, and kings will descend from you.
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Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
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Genesis 36:1-43
These are the family records of Esau( that is, Edom).Esau took his wives from the Canaanite women: Adah daughter of Elon the Hethite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were Esau’s sons, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.Esau took his wives, sons, daughters, and all the people of his household, as well as his herds, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan; he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.So Esau( that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.These are Reuel’s sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon: She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Edom.These are the chiefs among Esau’s sons: the sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, and chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, and chief Korah. These are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.These are the sons of Esau( that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs among the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Timna was Lotan’s sister.These are Shobal’s sons: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.These are Zibeon’s sons: Aiah and Anah. This was the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness while he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.These are Dishon’s sons: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.These are Ezer’s sons: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.These are Dishan’s sons: Uz and Aran.These are the chiefs among the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan. These are the chiefs among the Horites, clan by clan, in the land of Seir.These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad reigned in his place. He defeated Midian in the field of Moab; the name of his city was Avith.When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River reigned in his place.When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadar reigned in his place. His city was Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred daughter of Me-zahab.These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and their localities, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are Edom’s chiefs, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was father of the Edomites.
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Genesis 48:19
But his father refused and said,“ I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”
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Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
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Genesis 16:10
The angel of the LORD said to her,“ I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”
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Genesis 22:17
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies.
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Numbers 1:1-54
The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt:“ Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of every male one by one.You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions— everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral family.These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon;Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun;from the sons of Joseph: Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan;Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher;Eliasaph son of Deuel from Gad;Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years old or more,just as the LORD commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.The descendants of Simeon: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, those registered counting one by one the names of every male twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.The descendants of Gad: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.The descendants of Judah: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.The descendants of Issachar: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.The descendants of Zebulun: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.The descendants of Joseph: The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.The descendants of Manasseh: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.The descendants of Benjamin: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.The descendants of Dan: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.The descendants of Asher: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.The descendants of Naphtali: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral family.So all the Israelites twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel’s army, were registered by their ancestral families.All those registered numbered 603,550.But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.For the LORD had told Moses,“ Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it is to be put to death.“ The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner.The Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community.”The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Numbers 26:1-65
After the plague, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,“ Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral families of those twenty years old or more who can serve in Israel’s army.”So Moses and the priest Eleazar said to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,“ Take a census of those twenty years old or more, as the LORD had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt.”Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. Reuben’s descendants: the Hanochite clan from Hanoch; the Palluite clan from Pallu;the Hezronite clan from Hezron; the Carmite clan from Carmi.These were the Reubenite clans, and their registered men numbered 43,730.The son of Pallu was Eliab.The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram.( It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the community, who fought against Moses and Aaron; they and Korah’s followers fought against the LORD.The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.The sons of Korah, however, did not die.)Simeon’s descendants by their clans: the Nemuelite clan from Nemuel; the Jaminite clan from Jamin; the Jachinite clan from Jachin;the Zerahite clan from Zerah; the Shaulite clan from Shaul.These were the Simeonite clans, numbering 22,200 men.Gad’s descendants by their clans: the Zephonite clan from Zephon; the Haggite clan from Haggi; the Shunite clan from Shuni;the Oznite clan from Ozni; the Erite clan from Eri;the Arodite clan from Arod; the Arelite clan from Areli.These were the Gadite clans numbered by their registered men: 40,500.Judah’s sons included Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.Judah’s descendants by their clans: the Shelanite clan from Shelah; the Perezite clan from Perez; the Zerahite clan from Zerah.The descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron; the Hamulite clan from Hamul.These were Judah’s clans numbered by their registered men: 76,500.Issachar’s descendants by their clans: the Tolaite clan from Tola; the Punite clan from Puvah;the Jashubite clan from Jashub; the Shimronite clan from Shimron.These were Issachar’s clans numbered by their registered men: 64,300.Zebulun’s descendants by their clans: the Seredite clan from Sered; the Elonite clan from Elon; the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel.These were the Zebulunite clans numbered by their registered men: 60,500.Joseph’s descendants by their clans from Manasseh and Ephraim:Manasseh’s descendants: the Machirite clan from Machir. Machir fathered Gilead; the Gileadite clan from Gilead.These were Gilead’s descendants: the Iezerite clan from Iezer; the Helekite clan from Helek;the Asrielite clan from Asriel; the Shechemite clan from Shechem;the Shemidaite clan from Shemida; the Hepherite clan from Hepher;Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons— only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.These were Manasseh’s clans, numbered by their registered men: 52,700.These were Ephraim’s descendants by their clans: the Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah; the Becherite clan from Becher; the Tahanite clan from Tahan.These were Shuthelah’s descendants: the Eranite clan from Eran.These were the Ephraimite clans numbered by their registered men: 32,500. These were Joseph’s descendants by their clans.Benjamin’s descendants by their clans: the Belaite clan from Bela; the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel; the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram;the Shuphamite clan from Shupham; the Huphamite clan from Hupham.Bela’s descendants from Ard and Naaman: the Ardite clan from Ard; the Naamite clan from Naaman.These were the Benjaminite clans numbered by their registered men: 45,600.These were Dan’s descendants by their clans: the Shuhamite clan from Shuham. These were the clans of Dan by their clans.All the Shuhamite clans numbered by their registered men: 64,400.Asher’s descendants by their clans: the Imnite clan from Imnah; the Ishvite clan from Ishvi; the Beriite clan from Beriah.From Beriah’s descendants: the Heberite clan from Heber; the Malchielite clan from Malchiel.And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.These were the Asherite clans numbered by their registered men: 53,400.Naphtali’s descendants by their clans: the Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel; the Gunite clan from Guni;the Jezerite clan from Jezer; the Shillemite clan from Shillem.These were the Naphtali clans numbered by their registered men: 45,400.These registered Israelite men numbered 601,730.The LORD spoke to Moses,“ The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names.Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.The land is to be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”These were the Levites registered by their clans: the Gershonite clan from Gershon; the Kohathite clan from Kohath; the Merarite clan from Merari.These were the Levite family groups: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,but Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorized fire before the LORD.Those registered were 23,000, every male one month old or more; they were not registered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.These were the ones registered by Moses and the priest Eleazar when they registered the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.But among them there was not one of those who had been registered by Moses and the priest Aaron when they registered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.For the LORD had said to them that they would all die in the wilderness. None of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
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Genesis 25:1-18
Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah,and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s sons were the Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.And Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah.Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.This is the length of Abraham’s life: 175 years.He took his last breath and died at a good old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hethite.This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hethites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham.These are the names of Ishmael’s sons; their names according to the family records are Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,Mishma, Dumah, Massa,Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.These are Ishmael’s sons, and these are their names by their settlements and encampments: twelve leaders of their clans.This is the length of Ishmael’s life: 137 years. He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people.And they settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt as you go toward Asshur. He stayed near all his relatives.
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Romans 4:11-18
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.And he became the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.If those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made empty and the promise nullified,because the law produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants— not only to the one who is of the law but also to the one who is of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all.As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations— in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be.
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Genesis 32:12
You have said,‘ I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.’”
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Galatians 3:28-29
There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.
