Hebrews 11:12 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 11:12

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

BSB

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ASV

wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.

KJV

Therefore 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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Hebrews (1107)

Faith accomplished not only that she gave birth, but that she gave birth to as many as even fertile women do not bear. Thus, two miracles. But in what sense were they innumerable? For they were often counted. Either this is said hyperbolically, according to …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

That is, Abraham: the Arabic version has here a strange interpolation; "this faith Isaac and Rebecca conceived in mind, and so there were born of one, Esau and Jacob.'' And him as good as dead; being an hundred years of age; See Gill on Rom 4:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Him as good as dead - According to nature, long past the time of the procreation of children. The birth of Isaac, the circumstances of the father and mother considered, was entirely supernatural; and the people who proceeded from this birth were a supernatural people; and were and are most strikingly singular through every period of their history to the present day.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὸ	dio	Therefore	G1352 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἀφ᾽	aph᾽	from	G575 →
ἑνὸς	henos	one man	G1520 →
ἐγεννήθησαν,	egennēthēsan	were born,	G1080 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ταῦτα	tauta	he	G3778 →
νενεκρωμένου,	nenekrōmenou	as good as dead,	G3499 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἄστρα	astra	stars	G798 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	of heaven	G3772 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
πλήθει	plēthei	in multitude	G4128 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἄμμος	ammos	sand	G285 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
παρὰ	para	by	G3844 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
χεῖλος	cheilos	shore	G5491 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
θαλάσσης	thalassēs	sea	G2281 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ἀναρίθμητος.¶	anarithmētos	countless.	G382 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:18
  And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Galatians 4:6–7
  And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
- John 1:12
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- Romans 9:25–28
  As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Through
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
leads to
- Genesis 15:5
  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.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 24:60
  And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
Through
Genesis 15:5
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.”
leads to
- Genesis 22:17
  I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.