Genesis 13:17
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Genesis 13:17 in other translations
| BSB | Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.” |
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| WEB | Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you.” |
| ASV | Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. |
| YLT | rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.' |
| DARBY | Arise, walk through the land according to the length of it and according to the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee. |
| BBE | Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you. |
| Webster | Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee. |
What does Genesis 13:17 mean?
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…
Genesis 13:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 13:17
- Genesis 13:15
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
- Numbers 13:17-24
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. …
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 13:17
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
- Genesis 13:18
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
Genesis 13:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Levántate, ve por la tierra á lo largo de ella y á su ancho; porque á ti la tengo de dar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Lève-toi, et promène-toi dans le pays en long et en large, car je te le donnerai. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mache dich auf und durchwandle das Land nach seiner Länge und nach seiner Breite; denn dir will ich es geben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Surge, et perambula terram in longitudine et in latitudine sua: quia tibi daturus sum eam. |