Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age.

New American Standard Bible

for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.

International Standard Version

because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see forever!

A Conservative Version

For all the land which thou see, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed forever.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.

Bible in Basic English

For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your descendants, forever.

Modern King James verseion

For all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

New Heart English Bible

for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

The Emphasized Bible

for all the land which thou art beholding - to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed unto times age-abiding;

Webster

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

World English Bible

for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For all the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

which thou seest
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

to thee will I give it
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

and to thy seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

for
עד 
`ad 
by, as long, hitherto, when, how long, as yet
Usage: 784

References

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Images Genesis 13:15

Prayers for Genesis 13:15

Context Readings

The Lord's Third Promise To Abram

14 And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, 'Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward; 15 for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age. 16 And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.

2 Chronicles 20:7

'Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,

Acts 7:5

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

Genesis 15:18

In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

Genesis 24:7

Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence;

Genesis 28:13

and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, 'I am Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed;

Genesis 35:12

and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac -- to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.'

Deuteronomy 34:4

And Jehovah saith unto him, 'This is the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it; I have caused thee to see with thine eyes, and thither thou dost not pass over.'

Genesis 17:7-8

'And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;

Genesis 18:18

and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

Genesis 26:3-4

sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father;

Genesis 28:4

and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'

Genesis 48:4

and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.

Exodus 33:1

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, 'Go, ascend from this place, thou and the people, whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it,'

Numbers 34:2

Command the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are coming in unto the land of Canaan -- this is the land which falleth to you by inheritance, the land of Canaan, by its borders --

Numbers 34:12-29

and the border hath gone down to the Jordan, and its outgoings have been at the Salt Sea; this is for you the land by its borders round about.'

Deuteronomy 26:2-4

that thou hast taken of the first of all the fruits of the ground which thou dost bring in out of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and hast put it in a basket, and gone unto the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there.

Nehemiah 9:7-8

Thou art He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,

Psalm 37:22

For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

Psalm 37:29

The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

Psalm 105:9-12

That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

Psalm 112:1-2

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.

Isaiah 63:18

For a little while did Thy holy people possess, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.

Matthew 5:5

Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land.

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