Genesis 13:17 — Meaning and Application

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“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

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

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.

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. {plain: Heb. plains}

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Genesis 13:1

"And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south."

Genesis 13:2

"And Abram {was} very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold."

Genesis 13:3

"And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;"

Genesis 13:4

"Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD."

Genesis 13:5

"And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents."

Genesis 13:6

"And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together."

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