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Genesis 13:16

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.
Genesis 13:16 · King James Version

In other versions

  • 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 may thy seed also be numbered.

    ASV

  • And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

    BBE

  • And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.

    DBY

  • I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.

    WEB

  • 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;

    YLT

  • And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed also be numbered.

    ENG

  • 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.

    WBT

  • I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

    BSB

In context

14And 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:

15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

16And 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.

17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

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