¹⁴The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “^aNow lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, ^bnorthward and southward and eastward and westward;

¹⁵^afor all the land which you see, ^bI will give it to you and to your ¹descendants forever.

¹⁶“I will make your ¹descendants ^aas the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

¹⁷“Arise, ^awalk about the land through its length and breadth; for ^bI will give it to you.”

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Genesis 13:15: for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.

Footnotes

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Cross references

a Deut 3:27; 34:1–4; Is 49:18
b Gen 28:14
a Gen 12:7
b Gen 13:17; 15:7; 17:8; 2 Chr 20:7; Acts 7:5
a Gen 16:10; 28:14; Num 23:10
a Num 13:17–24
b Gen 13:15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west, for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”

NLTNew Living Translation

After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west. I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession. And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted! Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are to the north, and to the south, and to the east and to the west, for all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your descendants, forever. I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be so counted. Arise, go through the length of the land and through its breadth, for I will give it to you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 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. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

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