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Genesis 13:16

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יve.sam.Tiand I will makeH7760 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
זַרְעֲךָ֖zar.'a.Khaoffspring yourH2233 →
כַּעֲפַ֣רka.'a.Farlike [the] dust ofH6083 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀'a.SherwhichH834 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
יוּכַ֣לyu.Khalhe will be ableH3201 →
אִ֗ישׁ'IshanyoneH376 →
לִמְנוֹת֙lim.nOtto countH4487 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֲפַ֣ר'a.Far[the] dust ofH6083 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
גַּֽם־gam-alsoH1571 →
זַרְעֲךָ֖zar.'a.Khaoffspring yourH2233 →
יִמָּנֶֽה׃yi.ma.Nehit will numberedH4487 →

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Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’Genesis 17:2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”Psalms 115:14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.Exodus 32:13Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”Genesis 32:12But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.2 Chronicles 1:9Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.Genesis 26:24and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”1 Kings 3:8Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.Romans 4:16–18Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”Isaiah 26:15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.Deuteronomy 6:3Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.Genesis 25:1–34Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

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