Genesis 13:17

rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 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;

18And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:15for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed — to the age.

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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