是以一人血氣雖衰、生育蕃衍、如眾星之在天、猶海沙之無量、

所以从一个仿佛已死的人就生出子孙，如同天上的星那样众多，海边的沙那样无数。

所以，从一个仿佛已死的人竟生出子孙，如同天上的星那样众多，海边的沙那样无数。

所以，从一个仿佛已死的人竟生出子孙，如同天上的星那样众多，海边的沙那样无数。

所以，从一个垂暮之年的人生出许多子孙，好像天上的星、海边的沙那么多。

所以从一个好像已死的人，竟然生出许多子孙来，仿佛天上的星那么众多，海边的沙那么无数。

所以从一个如同已经死了的人，就生出了许多人，像天空的星那样众多，像海边的沙那样无法数算。

所以從一個彷彿已死的人就生出子孫，如同天上的星那樣眾多，海邊的沙那樣無數。

所以，從一個彷彿已死的人竟生出子孫，如同天上的星那樣眾多，海邊的沙那樣無數。

所以，從一個彷彿已死的人竟生出子孫，如同天上的星那樣眾多，海邊的沙那樣無數。

所以，從一個垂暮之年的人生出許多子孫，好像天上的星、海邊的沙那麼多。

所以從一個好像已死的人，竟然生出許多子孫來，仿佛天上的星那麼眾多，海邊的沙那麼無數。

故此竟從一個人、又是彷彿死了的、生出子孫來，像天上的星辰那麼眾多，像海濱的沙那麼無數。

所以從一個如同已經死了的人，就生出了許多人，像天空的星那樣眾多，像海邊的沙那樣無法數算。

故自一人猶已死者、生育如天星之繁多、海沙之無數、○

故由一人、身若已死者、生育蕃衍、如天星之眾、如海沙之無數、

因此之故、以一衰邁瀕死之人、其所出子孫、如天上之星、海濱之沙、有不可勝數者焉。

And so from this 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.

Abraham was past the time when he could have children. But many children came from that one man. They were as many as the stars in the sky. They were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one could count them.

Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead— a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.

Therefore, from one man— in fact, from one as good as dead— came offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the seashore.

Therefore even from one man, and one who was as good as dead at that, there were born descendants who were just as the stars of heaven in number, and as the innumerable grains of sand along the seashore.

Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude— innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

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.

Therefore from one man— in fact, from one as good as dead— came offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as innumerable as the grains of sand by the seashore.

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.

So in fact children 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 on the seashore.

Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

我必大賚爾福祉、昌熾爾子孫、如天星之眾多、如海沙之無量、爾子孫將勝諸敵、

爾曾許以恩加我、使我苗裔如海沙、不可勝數。○

遂攜之門外曰、仰觀乎天、眾星可悉數與。又曰、汝苗裔必如是。

越至於後、以色列族其數必如海沙、不能斗量籌算也、今我語人曰、爾非我民、異日將稱為永生上帝眾子、

天象不可測、海沙不能度、我僕大闢之裔、及服事我之利未人必使繁衍、亦若是。

以色列族其數雖多若海沙、而歸服者亦僅無幾、萬有之主耶和華、秉公行義以治民、必在國中、翦滅斯眾、其意已定。

必繁衍爾苗裔、如天星之眾多、以此列邦錫之、天下兆民、將藉爾裔而受福。

經云、我命爾為萬民父焉、且上帝使死者生、變無為有亞伯拉罕篤信上帝、故在其前、得為吾眾之父、亞伯拉罕本絕望、因信而有望、得為萬民父、如上帝云、爾之後裔、將若星然、信之即篤、雖近百齡、血氣衰、弗顧也、雖撒拉絕孕、亦弗顧也、

列王遂出、率眾如海濱之沙、不可勝數、車馬之多、亦難悉計。

斯民之苗裔、爾使之繁衍、如天星眾多、昔爾以土地許錫列祖、後導其子孫入焉、據而有之、迦南人居斯土、爾使民敗之、虜其君臣、惟所欲為。

求爾憶念爾僕。亞伯拉罕、以撒、以色列、昔爾指己而誓、必熾昌其後、如天星之眾多、錫以所言之地、俾為永業。

眩惑四方邦國、招集角與馬各、使戰、其數如海沙、

曰、今日耶和華及受膏者為證、汝之所有、未得於我手。僉曰、俱為證。

米田亞馬力與東方之人、偃卧於谷、如蝗眾多、其駝無數、如海濱之沙。

爾之子孫、多若塵沙、爾之苗裔、繁若鱗族、爾之邦國、必不滅絕、歷世靡暨。

耶和華曾有應許、必繁衍以色列族、如天星之多、故二十歲以下者、大闢不核。

昔爾人數、如天星之眾多、以不從爾上帝耶和華命、故致大滅。

故我勸爾、集以色列族、自但至別是巴、如海沙之眾多、親往迎戰。

以賽亞言以色列人曰、以色列眾子、其數雖如海沙、而得救者有幾、

猶大以色列二族、眾如海濱之沙、不可勝數、皆飲食歡樂。

其色甚厲、若東風驟起、既至斯土、強據人民、所獲俘囚、有若海沙、