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Genesis 35:11
Then God said,“ I am El Shaddai—‘ God Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
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Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
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Genesis 36:1-43
This is the account of the descendants of Esau( also known as Edom).Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.He also married his cousin Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and the sister of Nebaioth.Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.Oholibamah gave birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.Esau took his wives, his children, and his entire household, along with his livestock and cattle— all the wealth he had acquired in the land of Canaan— and moved away from his brother, Jacob.There was not enough land to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired.So Esau( also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.This is the account of Esau’s descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.The descendants of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.Timna, the concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.The descendants of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.These are the descendants of Esau who became the leaders of various clans: The descendants of Esau’s oldest son, Eliphaz, became the leaders of the clans of Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Eliphaz. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.The descendants of Esau’s son Reuel became the leaders of the clans of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Reuel. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.These are the clans descended from Esau( also known as Edom), identified by their clan leaders.These are the names of the tribes that descended from Seir the Horite. They lived in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite clan leaders, the descendants of Seir, who lived in the land of Edom.The descendants of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Lotan’s sister was named Timna.The descendants of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.The descendants of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.( This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness while he was grazing his father’s donkeys.)The descendants of Anah were his son, Dishon, and his daughter, Oholibamah.The descendants of Dishon were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.The descendants of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.The descendants of Dishan were Uz and Aran.So these were the leaders of the Horite clans: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. The Horite clans are named after their clan leaders, who lived in the land of Seir.These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:Bela son of Beor, who ruled in Edom from his city of Dinhabah.When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king in his place.When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king in his place.When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab.When Hadad died, Samlah from the city of Masrekah became king in his place.When Samlah died, Shaul from the city of Rehoboth on the River became king in his place.When Shaul died, Baal hanan son of Acbor became king in his place.When Baal hanan son of Acbor died, Hadad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Pau. His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me zahab.These are the names of the leaders of the clans descended from Esau, who lived in the places named for them: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,Magdiel, and Iram. These are the leaders of the clans of Edom, listed according to their settlements in the land they occupied. They all descended from Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.
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Genesis 48:19
But his father refused.“ I know, my son; I know,” he replied.“ Manasseh will also become a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”
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Genesis 13:16
And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
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Genesis 16:10
Then he added,“ I will give you more descendants than you can count.”
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Genesis 22:17
I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
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Numbers 1:1-54
A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month of that year he said,“ From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the mentwenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.“ These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you: Tribe Leader Reuben Elizur son of ShedeurSimeon Shelumiel son of ZurishaddaiJudah Nahshon son of AmminadabIssachar Nethanel son of ZuarZebulun Eliab son of HelonEphraim son of Joseph Elishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of PedahzurBenjamin Abidan son of GideoniDan Ahiezer son of AmmishaddaiAsher Pagiel son of OcranGad Eliasaph son of DeuelNaphtali Ahira son of EnanThese are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one,just as the Lord had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families: Tribe Number Reuben( Jacob’s oldest son) 46,500
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Numbers 26:1-65
After the plague had ended, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,“ From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their families. List all the men twenty years old or older who are able to go to war.”So there on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued these instructions to the leaders of Israel:“ List all the men of Israel twenty years old and older, just as the Lord commanded Moses.” This is the record of all the descendants of Israel who came out of Egypt.These were the clans descended from the sons of Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son: The Hanochite clan, named after their ancestor Hanoch. The Palluite clan, named after their ancestor Pallu.The Hezronite clan, named after their ancestor Hezron. The Carmite clan, named after their ancestor Carmi.These were the clans of Reuben. Their registered troops numbered 43,730.Pallu was the ancestor of Eliab,and Eliab was the father of Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. This Dathan and Abiram are the same community leaders who conspired with Korah against Moses and Aaron, rebelling against the Lord.But the earth opened up its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, and fire devoured 250 of their followers. This served as a warning to the entire nation of Israel.However, the sons of Korah did not die that day.These were the clans descended from the sons of Simeon: The Jemuelite clan, named after their ancestor Jemuel. The Jaminite clan, named after their ancestor Jamin. The Jakinite clan, named after their ancestor Jakin.The Zoharite clan, named after their ancestor Zohar. The Shaulite clan, named after their ancestor Shaul.These were the clans of Simeon. Their registered troops numbered 22,200.These were the clans descended from the sons of Gad: The Zephonite clan, named after their ancestor Zephon. The Haggite clan, named after their ancestor Haggi. The Shunite clan, named after their ancestor Shuni.The Oznite clan, named after their ancestor Ozni. The Erite clan, named after their ancestor Eri.The Arodite clan, named after their ancestor Arodi. The Arelite clan, named after their ancestor Areli.These were the clans of Gad. Their registered troops numbered 40,500.Judah had two sons, Er and Onan, who had died in the land of Canaan.These were the clans descended from Judah’s surviving sons: The Shelanite clan, named after their ancestor Shelah. The Perezite clan, named after their ancestor Perez. The Zerahite clan, named after their ancestor Zerah.These were the subclans descended from the Perezites: The Hezronites, named after their ancestor Hezron. The Hamulites, named after their ancestor Hamul.These were the clans of Judah. Their registered troops numbered 76,500.These were the clans descended from the sons of Issachar: The Tolaite clan, named after their ancestor Tola. The Puite clan, named after their ancestor Puah.The Jashubite clan, named after their ancestor Jashub. The Shimronite clan, named after their ancestor Shimron.These were the clans of Issachar. Their registered troops numbered 64,300.These were the clans descended from the sons of Zebulun: The Seredite clan, named after their ancestor Sered. The Elonite clan, named after their ancestor Elon. The Jahleelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahleel.These were the clans of Zebulun. Their registered troops numbered 60,500.Two clans were descended from Joseph through Manasseh and Ephraim.These were the clans descended from Manasseh: The Makirite clan, named after their ancestor Makir. The Gileadite clan, named after their ancestor Gilead, Makir’s son.These were the subclans descended from the Gileadites: The Iezerites, named after their ancestor Iezer. The Helekites, named after their ancestor Helek.The Asrielites, named after their ancestor Asriel. The Shechemites, named after their ancestor Shechem.The Shemidaites, named after their ancestor Shemida. The Hepherites, named after their ancestor Hepher.( One of Hepher’s descendants, Zelophehad, had no sons, but his daughters’ names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.)These were the clans of Manasseh. Their registered troops numbered 52,700.These were the clans descended from the sons of Ephraim: The Shuthelahite clan, named after their ancestor Shuthelah. The Bekerite clan, named after their ancestor Beker. The Tahanite clan, named after their ancestor Tahan.This was the subclan descended from the Shuthelahites: The Eranites, named after their ancestor Eran.These were the clans of Ephraim. Their registered troops numbered 32,500. These clans of Manasseh and Ephraim were all descendants of Joseph.These were the clans descended from the sons of Benjamin: The Belaite clan, named after their ancestor Bela. The Ashbelite clan, named after their ancestor Ashbel. The Ahiramite clan, named after their ancestor Ahiram.The Shuphamite clan, named after their ancestor Shupham. The Huphamite clan, named after their ancestor Hupham.These were the subclans descended from the Belaites: The Ardites, named after their ancestor Ard. The Naamites, named after their ancestor Naaman.These were the clans of Benjamin. Their registered troops numbered 45,600.These were the clans descended from the sons of Dan: The Shuhamite clan, named after their ancestor Shuham.These were the Shuhamite clans of Dan. Their registered troops numbered 64,400.These were the clans descended from the sons of Asher: The Imnite clan, named after their ancestor Imnah. The Ishvite clan, named after their ancestor Ishvi. The Beriite clan, named after their ancestor Beriah.These were the subclans descended from the Beriites: The Heberites, named after their ancestor Heber. The Malkielites, named after their ancestor Malkiel.Asher also had a daughter named Serah.These were the clans of Asher. Their registered troops numbered 53,400.These were the clans descended from the sons of Naphtali: The Jahzeelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahzeel. The Gunite clan, named after their ancestor Guni.The Jezerite clan, named after their ancestor Jezer. The Shillemite clan, named after their ancestor Shillem.These were the clans of Naphtali. Their registered troops numbered 45,400.In summary, the registered troops of all Israel numbered 601,730.Then the Lord said to Moses,“ Divide the land among the tribes, and distribute the grants of land in proportion to the tribes’ populations, as indicated by the number of names on the list.Give the larger tribes more land and the smaller tribes less land, each group receiving a grant in proportion to the size of its population.But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups.”This is the record of the Levites who were counted according to their clans: The Gershonite clan, named after their ancestor Gershon. The Kohathite clan, named after their ancestor Kohath. The Merarite clan, named after their ancestor Merari.The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans of the Levites. Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the Lord the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the registration of the rest of the people of Israel because they were not given an allotment of land when it was divided among the Israelites.So these are the results of the registration of the people of Israel as conducted by Moses and Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.Not one person on this list had been among those listed in the previous registration taken by Moses and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai.For the Lord had said of them,“ They will all die in the wilderness.” Not one of them survived except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
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Genesis 25:1-18
Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah.She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham through Keturah.Abraham gave everything he owned to his son Isaac.But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac.Abraham lived for 175 years,and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer lahai roi in the Negev.This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant.Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael’s descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,Mishma, Dumah, Massa,Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped.Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.
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Romans 4:11-18
Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous— even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith.If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless.For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it.( The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham’s. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him,“ I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping— believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him,“ That’s how many descendants you will have!”
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Genesis 32:12
But you promised me,‘ I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore— too many to count.’”
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Galatians 3:28-29
There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.
