Genesis 13:17

Rise! go up and down in the land, to the length thereof and to the breadth thereof, for to thee, will I give it.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 as the dust of the earth,—so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.

18So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron,—and built there an altar to Yahweh.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:15for all the land which thou art beholding—to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed unto times age-abiding;

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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