John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 13:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, etc.] 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 <280110>Hosea 1:10,11); 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 <042310>Numbers 23:10).

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