Genesis 13:16
And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
15For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.
17Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.
Cross References
Genesis 15:5And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
Genesis 17:6I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:13And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.
Genesis 25:1And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.
Genesis 28:3And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:15-18
God Confirms His Promise to Abram. ( b. c. 1917.) 14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of… Read the whole commentary →