Deuteronomy 10:22 “Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your…”

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

World English Bible

Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.

American Standard Version

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as ye starres of ye heauen in multitude.

Darby Translation

With seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Young's Literal Translation

with seventy persons did thy fathers go down to Egypt, and now hath Jehovah thy God made thee as stars of the heavens for multitude.

Bible in Basic English

Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you like the stars of heaven in number.

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Cross references

“How easy can God increase and multiply, as well as diminish and bring low! In all things, by his omnipotence, he can do whatsoever he will; and he will do whatsoever is right”

Genesis 46:27 Exodus 1:5 Acts 7:14

Genesis 46:27 · BSB

And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

Exodus 1:5 · BSB

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

Acts 7:14 · BSB

Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

“as the stars”

Genesis 15:5 Deuteronomy 1:10 Deuteronomy 28:62 Nehemiah 9:23 Numbers 26:51 Numbers 26:62

Genesis 15:5 · BSB

And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Deuteronomy 1:10 · BSB

The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 28:62 · BSB

You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Nehemiah 9:23 · BSB

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

Numbers 26:51 · BSB

These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.

Numbers 26:62 · BSB

The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.

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