Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.
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17Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you.”
Cross References
Genesis 15:5Adonai brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, + 15:5. Quoted in Heb 11:12 if you are able to count them.” He said to Avram [Exalted father], “So will your offspring be.” + 15:5. Quoted in Rom 4:18
Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you. (7)
Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael [Pays attention God], I have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:13I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
Genesis 25:1Abraham [Father of a multitude] took another wife, and her name was Keturah [Incense].
Genesis 28:3May El Shaddai [God Almighty] bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be 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 →