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;


In Context

13 and the men of Sodom are evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.

14 And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, 'Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

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

16 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;

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

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

Genesis 13:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16I 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And 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.