7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Gen 22:17 · exact_quote
  "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;"
  Genesis: surely blessing I will bless you — oath to Abraham

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• The Abrahamic Covenant

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Deut 1:10 — The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
• Exod 32:13 — Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken
• Ezek 37:26 — Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore
• Gen 17:2 — And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
• Gen 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enem
• Gen 48:4 — And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
• 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.
• Ps 3:8 — Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.