Objects
sand
Sand on the seashore pictures the multitude of Abraham's and Jacob's promised descendants, and Joseph gathers grain like the sand of the sea during Egypt's years of plenty in Genesis 41.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 22:17
Tags
2
Genesis 22, 28, 32, 41Promise imagery
Scripture references
- Genesis 22:17
as numerous as the stars of heaven and the grains of sand on the seashore.
- Genesis 28:14
Your descendants will be as plentiful as the dust on the ground;
- Genesis 32:13
Yet it was you who said, 'I shall be very good to you, and make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which is too numerous to count.'
- Genesis 41:49
Joseph gathered in grain like the sand of the sea, in such quantity that he gave up keeping count, since it was past accounting.