Holy Scripture
Genesis 13:16
A church father on this verse
“Abraham, styled "the friend," [Isaiah 41:8] was found faithful, inasmuch as he rendered obedience to the words of God. He, in the exercise of obedience, went out from his own country, and from his kindred, and from his father's house, in order that, by forsaking a small territory, and a weak family, and an insignifica…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if anyone is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.
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14And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
15for all the land which thou seest, I will give it to thee and to thy seed forever.
— Genesis 13:16 —
17Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.
18And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mamre, which was in Hebron, and he there built an altar to the Lord.