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Genesis 13:16
God Renews the Promise to Abram
15for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.16I 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.17Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
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Berean Standard Bible
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And 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.
Free Bible Version
You will have so many descendants that they'll be like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count dust then they could count the number of your descendants!
Geneva Bible 1599
And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
One Unity Resource Bible
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.
Plain English Version
Look at the ground you are standing on, it has lots of little bits of dirt. Nobody can count all those little bits of dirt on the ground, and just like that, nobody will be able to count all the people that will be in your family later on.
Translation for Translators
I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as particles of dust! It will be easier to count the particles of dust than it will be to count your descendants [HYP].
Unlocked Literal Bible
I will make your descendants as abundant as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.
Young's Literal Translation
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;