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I will makeוְשַׂמְתִּיyour offspringאֶת זַרְעֲךָlike the dustכַּעֲפַרof the earth,הָאָרֶץso thatאֲשֶׁרifאִםanyoneאִישׁcanיוּכַלcountלִמְנוֹתthe dustאֶת עֲפַרof the earth,הָאָרֶץyour offspring alsoגַּם זַרְעֲךָcan be counted.יִמָּנֶה
Genesis 13:16
Study it in the app“I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 13:16, word by word
- I will makeשַׂמְתִּיsamti
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samti” appears- your offspringזַרְעֲzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- like the dustעֲפַרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- anyoneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- canיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- countמְנוֹתmenot
count
To work out how many there are, counting them one by one.
Where else “menot” appears
The context
15for all the land that you see I will give it to you and to your offspring forever.
16 · This verse (above)
17Get up, walk through the land along its length and along its width, for to you I will give it.”
To study Genesis 13 in a group
1. What it says
How did Abram settle the conflict with Lot, and which place did each one choose (vv. 8-12)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Abram that he let Lot choose the land first (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
How can you yield in a disagreement today in order to protect a relationship?