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Genesis 13

Gen. 13:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I will make
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
thy seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
as the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: so that
'aher (Hebrew #834)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
KJV usage: X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Pronounce: ash-er'
Origin: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number)
if a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
can
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
number
manah (Hebrew #4487)
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Pronounce: maw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, then shall thy seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
also be numbered
manah (Hebrew #4487)
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Pronounce: maw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 12:2‑3• 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
(Gen. 12:2‑3)
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Gen. 15:5• 5This shall not be thine heir, but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (Gen. 15:5)
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Gen. 17:6,16,20• 6I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee;
16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations: kings of people shall be of her.
20And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
(Gen. 17:6,16,20)
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Gen. 18:18• 18seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? (Gen. 18:18)
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Gen. 21:13• 13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. (Gen. 21:13)
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Gen. 22:17• 17that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Gen. 22:17)
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Gen. 25:1‑34• 1And Abraham took another wife, and her name [was] Keturah.
2And she bore him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.
3And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan; and Dedan's sons were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim;
4and Midian's sons, Ephah and Epher and Enoch and Abidah and. Eldaah: all these [were] Keturah's sons.
5And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;
6and to the sons of the concubines that Abraham had Abraham gave gifts, and, while he yet lived, sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward to the east country.
7And these [are the] days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred and seventy-five years.
8And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, an old man and full, and was gathered to his people.
9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in Ephron's field, son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre,
10the field which Abraham bought of the sons of Heth: there was buried Abraham, and Sarah his wife.
11And it came to pass after Abraham's death that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt at Beerlahai-roi
12And these [are] Ishmael's generations, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's bondwoman, bore to Abraham.
13And these [are] the names of Ishmael's sons by their names according to their generations: Ishmael's firstborn, Nebaioth, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
14and Mishma and Dumah and Massa,
15Hadar and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.
16These [are] Ishmael's sons, and these their names in their villages and in their encampments, twelve princes according to their peoples.
17And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he expired and died, and was gathered to his people.
18And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur which [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria . He settled before all his brethren.
19And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac.
20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Syrian.
21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she [was] barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived.
22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If so, why [am] I thus ? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
23And Jehovah said to her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and [one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, twins [were] in her womb.
25And the first came out red all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac [was] sixty years old when she bore them.
27And the boys grew; and Esau became a man skillful in hunting, a man of the field, and Jacob an upright man dwelling in tents.
28And Isaac loved Esau because venison was to his taste , and Rebekah loved Jacob.
29And Jacob boiled a dish , and Esau came in from the field, and he [was] faint.
30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, pray, with the red—the red thing there, for I [am] faint. Therefore they called his name Edom.
31And Jacob said, Sell today thy birthright to me?
32And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and what [is] this birthright to me?
33And Jacob said, Swear to me today, and he swore to him; and sold his birthright to Jacob.
34And Jacob gave to Esau bread and the dish of lentiles; and he ate and drank and rose up and went away: thus Esau despised the birthright.
(Gen. 25:1‑34)
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Gen. 26:4• 4And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and to thy seed I will give all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; (Gen. 26:4)
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Gen. 28:3,14• 3And God Almighty [El Shaddai] bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples.
14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
(Gen. 28:3,14)
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Gen. 32:12• 12And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as sand of the sea which cannot be numbered for multitude. (Gen. 32:12)
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Gen. 35:11• 11And God said to him, I [am] God Almighty [El-Shaddai]; be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings out of thy loins shall come; (Gen. 35:11)
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Gen. 36:1‑43• 1And these are the generations of Esau, that is Edom.
2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
3and Basmath Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
4And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basmath bore Reuel.
5And Oholibamah bore Jeush and Jaalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau that were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went into a country away from his brother Jacob.
7For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.
8Thus Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau is Edom.
9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in mount Seir.
10These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah the wife of Esau; Reuel, the son of Basmath the wife of Esau.
11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basmath Esau's wife.
14And these are the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush and Jaalam and Korah.
15These are the dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
16duke Korah, duke Gatam, duke Amalek. These are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
17And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Terah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah. These are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basmath Esau's wife.
18And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife: duke Jeusb, duke Jaalam, duke Korah. These are the dukes that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
19These are the sons of Esau, and these are their dukes: the same is Edom.
20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitant of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
21and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. These are the dukes of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
22And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23And these are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
24And these are the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah. This is the Anah that found the warm springs in the wilderness as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25And these are the sons of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26And these are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
29These are the dukes that came of the Horites: duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan. These are the dukes that came of the Horites according to their dukes in the land of Seir.
31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
32And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33And Bela died; and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34And Jobab died; and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
35And Husham died; and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the fields of Moab, reigned in his stead. And the name of his city was Avith.
36And Hadad died; and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37And Samlah died; and Saul of Rehoboth on the river reigned in his stead.
38And Saul died; and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died; and Hadar reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred daughter of Mezahab.
40And these are the names of the dukes of Esau, according to their families, after their places, with their names: duke Timna, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
41duke Oholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom, according to their dwelling-places in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of Edom.
(Gen. 36:1‑43)
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Gen. 46:3• 3And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. (Gen. 46:3)
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Ex. 1:7• 7And the children of Israel were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and became exceeding strong; and the land was filled with them. (Ex. 1:7)
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Ex. 32:13• 13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel , thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it forever. (Ex. 32:13)
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Num. 23:10• 10Who can count the dust of Jacob,{HR}And the number of the fourth part of Israel?{HR}Let me die the death of the righteous,{HR}And let my last end be like his! (Num. 23:10)
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Deut. 1:10• 10Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (Deut. 1:10)
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Judg. 6:3,5• 3And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
5For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
(Judg. 6:3,5)
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1 Kings 3:8• 8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. (1 Kings 3:8)
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1 Kings 4:20• 20Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. (1 Kings 4:20)
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1 Chron. 21:5• 5And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were eleven hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword. (1 Chron. 21:5)
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1 Chron. 27:23• 23And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven. (1 Chron. 27:23)
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2 Chron. 17:14‑18• 14And these are the numbers of them according to their fathers' houses. Of Judah the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valour;
15and next to him was Johanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;
16and next to him, Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
17And of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand, armed with bow and shield;
18and next to him was Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.
(2 Chron. 17:14‑18)
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Isa. 48:18• 18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea; (Isa. 48:18)
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Isa. 48:19• 19thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not be cut off nor destroyed from before me. (Isa. 48:19)
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Jer. 33:22• 22As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. (Jer. 33:22)
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Rom. 4:16‑18• 16On this account [it is] of faith that [it might be] according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not only to that which [is] of the law, but also to that which [is] of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all
17(even as it is written, “A father of many nations I have made thee”) before God whom he believed, that quickeneth the dead and calleth the things that be not as being;
18who against hope believed in hope, in order to his becoming father of many nations according to that which was spoken, “So shall be thy seed.”
(Rom. 4:16‑18)
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Heb. 11:12• 12Wherefore also there were born from one, and that one become dead, even as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand that is by the sea-shore. (Heb. 11:12)
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Rev. 7:9• 9After these things I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; (Rev. 7:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)