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.
KJV
In septuaginta animabus descenderunt patres tui in Ægyptum, et ecce nunc multiplicavit te Dominus Deus tuus sicut astra cæli.
Vulgate
ἐν ἑβδομήκοντα ψυχαῖς κατέβησαν οἱ πατέρες σου εἰς Αἴγυπτον, νυνὶ δὲ ἐποίησέν σε Κύριος ὁ θεός σου ὡσεὶ τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει.
LXX
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.
ASV
בְּ/שִׁבְעִ֣ים נֶ֔פֶשׁ יָרְד֥וּ אֲבֹתֶ֖י/ךָ מִצְרָ֑יְמָ/הּ וְ/עַתָּ֗ה שָֽׂמְ/ךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ כְּ/כוֹכְבֵ֥י הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם לָ/רֹֽב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 7:14 — Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
- Acts 7:14 — Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
- Deut 1:10 — The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
- Deut 1:10 — The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
- Deut 7:7 — The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
- Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
- Deut 28:62 — And 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.
- Deut 28:62 — And 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.
- Exod 1:5 — And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
- Exod 1:5 — And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
- Exod 1:7 — And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Gen 15:5 — And 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.
- Gen 15:5 — And 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.
- Gen 46:27 — And 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.
- Gen 46:27 — And 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.
- Isa 26:15 — Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
- Neh 9:23 — Their 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.
- Num 26:51 — These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.