Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15for all the land that thou seest will I give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
Cross References
Genesis 15:5And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!
Genesis 17:6And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:20And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:13But also the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis 25:1And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.
Genesis 28:3And the Almighty God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company 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 →