Genesis 13:16
And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed — to the age.
17rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'
Cross References
Genesis 15:5and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'
Genesis 17:6and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.
Genesis 17:20As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;
Genesis 21:13As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.'
Genesis 25:1And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name [is] Keturah;
Genesis 28:3and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly 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 →