14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “(A)Now raise your eyes and look from the place where you are, (B)northward and southward, and eastward and westward; 15 (C)for all the land which you see (D)I will give to you and to your [a]descendants forever. 16 I will make your [b]descendants (E)as plentiful as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, then your [c]descendants could also be counted. 17 Arise, (F)walk about in the land through its length and width; for (G)I will give it to you.” 18 Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the [d](H)oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built (I)an altar to the Lord.

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  1. Genesis 13:15 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 13:16 Lit seed
  3. Genesis 13:16 Lit seed
  4. Genesis 13:18 Or terebinths

14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.(A) 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[a] forever.(B) 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(C) 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land,(D) for I am giving it to you.”(E)

18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre(F) at Hebron,(G) where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.(H)

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  1. Genesis 13:15 Or seed; also in verse 16