¹² Therefore from one man, and him as good as ^(A)dead, were born as many as the ^(B)stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

¹⁷ blessing I will ^(A)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants ^(B)as the stars of the heaven ^(C)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and ^(D)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

¹² For ^(A)You said, ‘I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the ^(B)sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”

The Restoration of Israel

²² As ^(A)the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I ^(B)multiply the descendants of David My servant and the ^(C)Levites who minister to Me.’ ”

⁵ Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and ^(A)count the ^(B)stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, ^(C)“So shall your ^(D)descendants be.”

⁴ And ^(A)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; ^(B)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

⁸ and will go out ^(A)to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, ^(B)Gog and Magog, ^(C)to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.