Genesis 13:17
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
KJV
Surge, et perambula terram in longitudine et in latitudine sua : quia tibi daturus sum eam.
Vulgate
ἀναστὰς διόδευσον τὴν γῆν εἴς τε τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς καὶ εἰς τὸ πλάτος· ὅτι σοὶ δώσω αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
LXX
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.
ASV
ק֚וּם הִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ לְ/אָרְכָּ֖/הּ וּ/לְ/רָחְבָּ֑/הּ כִּ֥י לְ/ךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶֽ/נָּה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
noun · 95×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
רֹ֖חַב
rchb
noun · 101×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
In that flesh in which the saints have suffered so many afflictions, they shall receive the fruits of their labours; especially since all creation waits for this, and God promises it to Abraham and his seed. 1. Inasmuch, therefore, as the opinions of certain [orthodox persons] are derived from heretical discourses, they are both ignorant of God's dispensations, and of the myste…
Cross-references
- Gen 13:15 — For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
- Gen 17:8 — And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
- Gen 26:3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father
- Gen 50:24 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Num 13:17 — And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
- Zech 6:7 — And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.