Genesis 13:16 Cross References - MLV

¹⁶ And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth. So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may your seed also be numbered.

² And I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great and you will be a blessing. ³ And I will bless those who bless you and he who curses you I will curse. And all the families of the earth will be blessed in you.

⁵ And he brought him outside and said, Look now toward heaven and number the stars, if you are able to number them. And he said to him, So your seed will be.

⁶ And I will make you exceedingly fruitful. And I will make nations of you and kings will come out of you.

¹⁶ And I will bless her. And moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her and she will be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will be by her.

²⁰ And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He will father twelve princes and I will make him a great nation.

¹⁸ since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

¹³ And I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed.

¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is upon the sea _shore and your seed will possess the gate of his enemies

¹ And Abraham took another wife and her name was Keturah. ² And she bore him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. ³ And Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. ⁴ And the sons of Midian were : Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

⁵ And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. ⁶ But to the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away eastward from Isaac his son, while he yet lived to the east country.
⁷ And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred seventy-five years. ⁸ And Abraham gave up the spirit and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years and was gathered to his people.
⁹ And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre, ¹⁰ the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried and Sarah his wife. ¹¹ And it happened after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi
¹² Now these are the genealogies of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham. ¹³ And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their genealogy: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam, ¹⁴ and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their nations.
¹⁷ And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years. And he gave up the spirit and died and was gathered to his people. ¹⁸ And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur which is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He abode opposite all his brothers.
¹⁹ And these are the genealogies of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac. ²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to be his wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. ²¹ And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
²² And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it is so, why am I this way? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
²³ And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in your womb and two peoples will be separated from your guts. And the one people will be stronger than the other people. And the elder will serve the younger.
²⁴ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ And the first came out red all over like a hairy garment and they called his name Esau. ²⁶ And after that his brother came out and his hand had hold on Esau's heel and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
²⁷ And the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. And Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. ²⁸ Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate from his game. And Rebekah loved Jacob.
²⁹ And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field and he was faint. ³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, I beseech you, feed me with that same red pottage, because I am faint. Therefore his name was called Edom.
³¹ And Jacob said, First sell me your birthright. ³² And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die and what profit will the birthright do to me? ³³ And Jacob said, Swear to me first. And he swore to him and he sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴ And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. And he ate and drank and rose up and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

⁴ And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and will give to your seed all these lands and in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

³ And God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

¹⁴ And your seed will be as the dust of the earth and you will spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed in you and in your seed.

¹² And you said, I will surely do you good and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

¹¹ And God said to him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be of you and kings will come out of your loins.

¹ Now these are the genealogies of Esau (what is Edom). ² Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, ³ and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. ⁴ And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau and Basemath bore Reuel, ⁵ and Oholibamah bore Jeush and Jalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
⁶ And Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the souls of his house and his cattle and all his beasts and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. ⁷ For their substance was too great for them to dwell together and the land of their travels could not bear them because of their cattle. ⁸ And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.
⁹ And these are the genealogies of Esau (the father of the Edomites) in Mount Seir. ¹⁰ These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. ¹¹ And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz. ¹² And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son and she bore to Eliphaz: Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. ¹³ And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah, these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. ¹⁴ And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush and Jalam and Korah. ¹⁵ These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau were : chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, ¹⁶ chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs that came by Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah. ¹⁷ And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs that came by Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. ¹⁸ And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the chiefs that came by Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. ¹⁹ These are the sons of Esau and these are their chiefs. The same is Edom.

²⁰ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, ²¹ and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. ²² And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman. And Lotan's sister was Timna. ²³ And these are the sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. ²⁴ And these are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father. ²⁵ And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. ²⁶ And these are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran. ²⁷ These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan. ²⁸ These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
²⁹ These are the chiefs that came from the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, ³⁰ chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs that came from the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

³¹ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the sons of Israel. ³² And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ³³ And Bela died and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned instead of him. ³⁴ And Jobab died and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned instead of him. ³⁵ And Husham died and Hadad the son of Bedad, who killed* Midian in the field of Moab, reigned instead of him. And the name of his city was Avith. ³⁶ And Hadad died and Samlah from Masrekah reigned instead of him. ³⁷ And Samlah died and Shaul of Rehoboth by the Euphrates River reigned instead of him. ³⁸ And Shaul died and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned instead of him. ³⁹ And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died and Hadar reigned instead of him. And the name of his city was Pau and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
⁴⁰ And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, ⁴¹ chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁴² chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ⁴³ chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

³ And he said, I am God, the God of your father. Do not fear to go down into Egypt, because I will there make of you a great nation.

⁷ And the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty and the land was filled with them.

¹³ Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self and said to them, I will multiply your* seed as the stars of heaven. And all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your* seed and they will inherit it everlasting.

¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his!

¹⁰ Jehovah your* God has multiplied you*, and behold, you* are this day as the stars of heaven for a multitude.

³ And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up and the Amalekites and the sons of the east, they came up against them.

⁵ For they came up with their cattle and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number and they came into the land to destroy it.

⁸ And your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

²⁰ Judah and Israel were as many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

⁵ And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. And all those of Israel were a million and a hundred thousand men who drew a sword. And Judah was four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.

²³ But David did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like the stars of heaven.

¹⁴ And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses.
Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; ¹⁵ and next to him Jehohanan the captain and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; ¹⁶ and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Jehovah and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
¹⁷ And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; ¹⁸ and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.

¹⁸ Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been as a river and your righteousness as the waves of the sea. ¹⁹ Your seed also would have been as the sand and the offspring of your guts like the grains of it. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

²² As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the seed of David my servant and the Levites that minister to me.

¹⁶ Because of this, it is from faith, in order that it may be according to grace; that the promise may be steadfast to all the seed; not to what is only from the law, but also to what is from the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, ¹⁷ (as it has been written, ‘I have placed you as a father of many nations’), in front of God, the one whom he believed, who is giving-life to the dead and is calling the things which are not, as though they are. ¹⁸ Abraham who contrary to hope believed upon hope, that he might become a father of many nations, according to what had been spoken, So your seed will be.

¹² And hence these were fathered from one sterile man, just-as the stars of heaven in a multitude and as innumerable as the sand beside the sea shore. \ulnone\nosupersub

⁹ I saw and behold after these things, a large crowd, which no one was able to number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and languages, standing in the sight of the throne and in the sight of the Lamb, having been dressed in white robes and palm trees in their hands;