Hebrews 11:12

So in fact children ¹  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ²  on the seashore. ³ 

Ge 15:5; Ge 22:17; Ge 26:4; Ge 32:12; Ex 32:13; De 1:10; De 28:62; Jos 11:4; Jud 7:12; 1Sa 12:5; 2Sa 17:11; 1Ki 4:20; 1Ch 27:23; Ne 9:23; Isa 10:22; Isa 48:19; Jer 33:22; Ho 1:10; Hab 1:9; Ro 4:17; Ro 4:18; Ro 4:19; Ro 9:27; Re 20:8

¹ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

² tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

³ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).