Genesis 13:16
I will make your descendants as abundant as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.
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15All this land which you see, I will give to you and to your descendants forever.
17Arise, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”
Cross References
Genesis 15:5Then he brought him outside, and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”
Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I hereby bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him abundantly. He will be the father of twelve leaders of tribes, and I will make him become a great nation.
Genesis 21:13I will also make the son of the servant woman into a nation, because he is your descendant.”
Genesis 25:1Abraham took another wife; her name was Keturah.
Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude 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 →