Genesis 13:17

Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

In Context

16And I will make thy seed like the + 13:16 Gr. sand.dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.

18And Abram having + 13:18 Or, having dwelt at a distance.removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:15for all the land which thou seest, I will give it to thee and to thy seed for ever.

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 →

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