Hebrews 11:12

As good as dead [ν ε ν ε κ ρ ω μ ε ν ο υ]. Comp. Romans 4:19. As good as is an addition of A. V. The Greek reads and that a dead man. Comp. nekrwsin deadness applied to Sarah, Romans 4:19.

Stars - sand. See Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12.

By the seashore [π α ρ α τ ο χ ε ι λ ο ς τ η ς θ α λ α σ σ η ς]. Lit. by the lip of the sea. The phrase N. T. o. Very often in LXX, as Genesis 22:17; Exodus 14:30 : lip of a river, Genesis 41:17; Exodus 7:15 : of a brook, Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12 : of Jordan, 2 Kings 2:13. So in Class. The vigor thus supernaturally imparted to Abraham does not appear to have exhausted itself in the generation of Isaac; since, according to Genesis 25:2, Abraham became by Keturah the father of six sons after the death of Sarah.