Genesis 13:17

17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”

Genesis 13:17 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
English Standard Version (ESV)
17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you."
New Living Translation (NLT)
17 Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
17 So - on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you."
American Standard Version (ASV)
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
17 Go! Walk back and forth across the entire land because I will give it to you."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
17 Get up and walk from one end of the land to the other, for I will give it to you."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
17 Go. Walk through the land. See how long and wide it is. I am giving it to you."

Genesis 13:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 13:17

Arise, walk through the land
And take a survey of it, and see what a land it is, how good and how large, and take possession of it for himself and his, though he was only to be a sojourner in it; and so the Targum of Jonathan adds, and making in it a possession, which in civil law was done by walking: in the length of it, and in the breadth of it;
the extent of it is variously settled by geographers; some giving it no more than about one hundred and seventy or eighty miles in length, from north to south, and about one hundred and forty in breadth from east to west, where broadest, as it is towards the south, and but about seventy where narrowest, as it is towards the north: but it is observed F4 from the latest and most accurate maps, that it appears to extend near two hundred miles in length, and about eighty in breadth about the middle, and ten or fifteen more or less where it widens or shrinks: for I will give it unto thee;
that is, to his seed, the whole of it, in its utmost extent, as to length and breadth; which if he pleased for his own satisfaction he might take a tour through, whereby he would be a judge what was bestowed on him and his


FOOTNOTES:

F4 Vid. Universal History, vol. 2. p. 385.

Genesis 13:17 In-Context

15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.
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.
17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”
18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the LORD.

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver 15; Numbers 13:17-25
  • 2. S Genesis 12:7; Genesis 15:7
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