Genesis 13:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then could your descendants also be counted. [Gen. 28:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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 may thy seed also be numbered.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth. If someone could count the bits of dust on the earth, then they could also count your descendants.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.

Genesis 13:16 Cross References

Genesis 15:5

And He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the heavens, and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So are your seed.”

Genesis 16:10

And the Messenger of יהוה  said to her, “I am going to increase your seed greatly, too numerous to be counted.”

Genesis 17:16

“And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”

Genesis 17:2

“And I give My covenant between Me and you, and shall greatly increase you.”

Genesis 17:20

“And as for Yishmaʽ

Genesis 17:6

“And I shall make you bear fruit exceedingly, and make nations of you, and sovereigns shall come from you.

Genesis 18:18

since Aḇ

Genesis 21:13

“And of the son of the female servant I also make a nation, because he is your seed.”

Genesis 22:17

that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 26:4

“And I shall increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I shall give all these lands to your seed. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Genesis 28:14

“And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall break forth to the west and to the east, to the north and the south. And all the clans of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your seed.

Genesis 28:3

“And Ě

Genesis 32:12

“For You said, ‘I shall certainly do good to you, and shall make your seed as the sand of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’ ”

Genesis 32:13

And he spent the night there, and took what came to his hand as a present for Ě

Genesis 35:11

And Elohim said to him, “I am Ě

Genesis 46:3

And He said, “I am the Ě

1 Kings 3:8

“And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.

1 Kings 4:20

Yehuḏ

2 Kings 13:23

But יהוה  showed favour to them, and had compassion on them, and turned toward them, for the sake of His covenant with Aḇ

1 Chronicles 21:5

And Yo’aḇ

1 Chronicles 27:23

But Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 1:9

“Now, יהוה  Elohim, let Your promise to Dawiḏ

Job 5:25

and shall know that your seed are many, and your offspring like the grass of the earth.

Exodus 1:7

And the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 32:13

“Remember Aḇ

Jeremiah 33:22

‘As the host of the heavens is not counted, nor the sand of the sea measured, so I increase the descendants of Dawiḏ

Numbers 23:10

“Who shall count the dust of Yaʽ

Deuteronomy 1:10

‘יהוה  your Elohim has increased you, and see, you are today as numerous as the stars of the heavens.

Hebrews 11:12

And so from one, and him as good as dead, were born as numerous as the stars of the heaven, as countless as the sand which is by the seashore.

Revelation 7:9

After this I looked and saw a great crowd which no one was able to count, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands,

Judges 6:3

And it came to be, whenever Yisra’ĕ

Judges 6:5

For they came up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as locusts. And they and their camels were without number. And they came into the land to destroy it.