Genesis 13:15 (WEB)
for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Chrysostom
“He reminds them of the promise made to him, saying, “To thee and to thy seed will I give this land” ( Gen. xiii. 15 ); showing by the very least thing, the nearness [of the relationship] in that they were “all of one.”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For seeing the promise disproved (since He had said, “To thee will I give this land, and to thy seed”— Gen. xii. 7; xiii. 15 ), he saw his son dwelling there; and again his grandson saw himself dwelling in a land not his own; yet was he nowise troubled.” — the author cites it
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“The patriarch Abraham won a victory in his old age.” — editor's note: Gen. xiii. 15
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Augustine of Hippo
“Arise, and walk through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.”” — editor's note: Gen. xiii. 14–17.
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Cross-references · 4
Parallel passages
Genesis 13:15 and Jeremiah 20:5 share the same wording (10 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Letters Letter 128.
Cited together in Letters Letter 128.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
