And I will make thy seed as the dust of the
earth
An hyperbolical expression denoting the great multitude of
Abram's posterity, as they were in the days of Solomon, and as
they will be in the latter day; and especially as this may
respect all the spiritual seed of Abram, Jews and Gentiles, and
as they will be in the spiritual reign of Christ, see ( Hosea 1:10 Hosea 1:11 ) ; so
that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall
thy
seed be numbered;
but as it is impossible to do the one, so the other is not
practicable, see ( Numbers
23:10 ) .
Genesis 13:16
