Genesis 13 · Verse 15

Genesis 13:15

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Genesis 13:15, King James Version

Genesis 13:15 in other translations

BSBfor all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
WEBfor I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
ASVfor all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
YLTfor the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed--to the age.
DARBYfor all the land that thou seest will I give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
BBEFor all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.
WebsterFor all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

What does Genesis 13:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 13:14-15

14-15. Lift up now thine eyes ... all the land which thou seest--So extensive a survey of the country, in all directions, can be obtained from no other point in the neighborhood; and those plains and hills, then lying desolate before the eyes of the solitary patriarch, were to be peopled with a mighty nation "like the dust of the earth in number," as they were in Solomon's time (1Ki 4:20).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 To thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever - This land was given to Abram, that it might lineally and legally descend to his posterity; and though Abram himself cannot be said to have possessed it, Act 7:5, yet it was the gift of God to him in behalf of his seed; and this was always the design of God, not that Abram himself should possess it, but that his posterity should, till the manifestation of Christ in the flesh. And this is chiefly what is to be understood by the words for ever, אד עולם ad olam, to the end of the present dispensation, and the commencement of the new. עולם olam means either Eternity, which implies the termination of all time or duration, such as is measured by the celestial luminaries: or a hidden, unknown period, such as includes a completion or final termination of a particular era, dispensation, etc.; therefore the first is its proper meaning, the latter its accommodated meaning. See the note on Gen 17:7. See the note on Gen 21:33.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 13:14-18

Those are best prepared for the visits of Divine grace, whose spirits are calm, and not ruffled with passion. God will abundantly make up in spiritual peace, what we lose for preserving neighbourly peace. When our relations are separated from us, yet God is not. Observe also the promises with which God now comforted and enriched Abram. Of two things he assures him; a good land, and a numerous issue to enjoy it. The…

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Genesis 13:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֧יkiforH3588
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859
רֹאֶ֖הro.'Eh[are] seeingH7200
לְךָ֣le.Khato <the> you
אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה'et.te.Ne.nahI will give itH5414
וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ul.zar.'a.Khaand to offspring yourH2233
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.LamperpetuityH5769

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 13:15

  • 2 Chronicles 20:7

    Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

  • Genesis 12:7

    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

  • Genesis 15:18

    In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

  • Genesis 35:12

    And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

  • Acts 7:5

    And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • Psalms 37:22

    For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Psalms 105:9-12

    Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

  • Psalms 37:29

    The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

  • Nehemiah 9:7-8

    Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

  • Exodus 33:1

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

  • Genesis 26:3-4

    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

  • Numbers 34:12-29

    And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
12:7; 15:18; 17:7,8; 18:18; 24:7; 26:3,4; 28:4,13; 35:12; 48:4; Ex 33:1
Nu 34:2,12-29; De 26:2-4; 34:4; 2Ch 20:7; Ne 9:7,8; Ps 37:22,29
Ps 105:9-12; 112:1,2; Isa 63:18; Mt 5:5; Ac 7:5

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Context

  • Genesis 13:14

    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:

  • Genesis 13:15

    For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

  • Genesis 13:16

    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.

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Genesis 13:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque toda la tierra que ves, la daré á ti y á tu simiente para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		car tout le pays que tu vois, je te le donnerai, et à ta semence, pour toujours;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn das ganze Land, das du siehst, dir will ich es geben und deinem Samen auf ewig.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnem terram, quam conspicis, tibi dabo, et semini tuo usque in sempiternum.