6 አብርሃም፣ ዘሩ "እንደ ሰማይ ከዋክብት" እና በባሕር ዳር እንዳለ አሸዋ እንደሚበዛ ተነግሮት ነበር።
His grandfather Abraham was promised that his children would be multiplied "as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore."