...Again, the Lord added to these promises, that Abraham's posterity should be as numerous as the dust of the earth — " so that if a man can number the...the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered."! Our critics insist that there are not now on the face of the earth four hundred thousand Jews, though...

...Damascus; 'but he who shall come forth out of thine own bowels, shall be thine heir.' And again : ' 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.' Confiding in these promises was that act of Abraham...

...thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And 1 will make thy seed as the dost of the. earth : so that if a man can number the dust...of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it, and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto...

...thee a great nation." Gen. xiii. 11) ; "I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : sf VOL. II,. " that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered." Gen. xv. 5 ; "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stare,...

...p'romise of a numerous progeny was made to Abraham — " 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 to him, so shall thy seed be."' This is also repealed in the 17th verse of the 22dchapterof...

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...complain that he had no heir, God was graciously pleased to promise Isaac, and to say : " Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be." Gen. xv. 5. And he " who against hope believed in hope,...

...better and more regular capacity for prosecuting these intentions ? . My Reader — " Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them ;" yea, tell first the leaves of a Hyrcanian forest, and the' drops of the Atlantic ocean — then...

...come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 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, m So shall thy seed be. ,„ Rom. ir. 6 And he n believed in the LORD ; and...

...in the account which we have of God's promise to Abraham. 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. The spiritual seed of Abraham will probably, far out number...