The stars of the sky. — Better, the stars of the heaven. (See Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17.)
And as the sand. — “And as the sand by the seashore, which is innumerable” (Genesis 22:17). With the first words of the verse compare Romans 4:19.
Related Commentaries of Hebrews 11:12
Hebrews 11:12
12 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.