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.
KJV
Hebrew original
וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֥י אֶֽת זַרְעֲ/ךָ֖ כַּ/עֲפַ֣ר הָ/אָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם יוּכַ֣ל אִ֗ישׁ לִ/מְנוֹת֙ אֶת עֲפַ֣ר הָ/אָ֔רֶץ גַּֽם זַרְעֲ/ךָ֖ יִמָּנֶֽה
Louis Segond 1910
Je rendrai ta postérité comme la poussière de la terre, en sorte que, si quelqu'un peut compter la poussière de la terre, ta postérité aussi sera comptée.
KJV
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.
Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Epistula I ad Corinthios
οὺς καταρωμένους σε, καὶ εὐλογηθήσονται ἐν σοὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς. καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ διαχωρισθῆναι Gen. 13, 14-16 αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Λὼτ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός. Ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου ἴδε ἀπὸ τοῦ τόπου, οὖ νῦν σὺ εἶ, πρὸς βορρᾶν καὶ λίβα καὶ ἀνατολὰς καὶ θάλασσαν, ὅτι πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἣν…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 194 (Migne)
alto. Nam quandiu filii promissionis adhaerent pavimento, rectius assimilantur pulveri, sive arenae (Gen. XIII, 16; XXII, 17) , secundum quod item promissum est Abrahae multiplicandum semen ejus ut pulverem terrae sive arenam, quae est in littore maris, quae pars promissionis per…
Tonneau
CSCO 152 (Syr 71) — CSCO 152 (Syr 71) - Tonneau 1955 - Ephraem Syri in Genesim et in Exodum - T (textus)
Sectio ҮШ (Gen. х,1-х‚,9)......... ans 65 Sectio IX (Gen, хї,10-хп,20у)у........... 67 Sectio X (Gen. XIII, 1-18) . . . . . í + + + + + + + 68 Sectio XI (Gen. XIV, 1-24) . . 2 . + í + + + ° ° ° ° 68 Sectio XII (Gen. xv, 1-21) . . . . . . + + + + + + 69 Sectio XIII (Gen. xvi,…
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