Genesis Chapter 13 verse 17 Holy Bible
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.
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Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.
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Arise, walk through the land according to the length of it and according to the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee.
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Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
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Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee.
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Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you."
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rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Arise. According to a common mode of Oriental speech, pleonastically affixed to verbs of going, going forward, and of setting about anything with impulse (Gesenius, p. 727; cf. Genesis 22:3; Job 1:20). Walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it. To be understood not as a literal direction, but as an intimation that he might leisurely survey his inheritance with the calm assurance that it was his. For I will give it unto thee.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Walk through the land.--Repeated change of scene is not merely one of the pleasures of the nomad life, but also a necessity; for the uplands, covered with rich herbage in the spring, are usually burnt up in summer, and in the winter are exposed to driving winds and rain-storms. In these journeyings Abram is now to have the tranquil pleasure of feeling that his seed will inherit each beautiful spot that he visits, and that he is taking possession of it, and hallowing it for them.
