KJV 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.
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Deuteronomy 10:22
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 10
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
21 He [is] thy praise, and he [is] thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
22 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בְּשִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657 · shiv.imseventyנֶ֔פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulיָרְד֥וּH3381 · ya.radto go downאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָH1 · avfatherמִצְרָ֑יְמָהּH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוְעַתָּ֗הH6258 · at.tahnowשָֽׂמְךָ֙H7760 · sumto set: makeיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodכְּכוֹכְבֵ֥יH3556 · ko.khavstarהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenלָרֹֽב׃H7230 · rovabundance
Cross-references
Genesis 46:27And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.Exodus 1:5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already].Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.Deuteronomy 1:10The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.Deuteronomy 28:62And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.Nehemiah 9:23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess [it].Numbers 26:51These [were] the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.Acts 7:14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.Numbers 26:62And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
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