Discovery BoxGenesis 13:16 
Context13:16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted. 1
Genesis 17:7
Context17:7 I will confirm 2 my covenant as a perpetual 3 covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 4
1 tn The translation “can be counted” (potential imperfect) is suggested by the use of יוּכַל (yukhal, “is able”) in the preceding clause.
2 tn The verb קוּם (qum, “to arise, to stand up”) in the Hiphil verbal stem means “to confirm, to give effect to, to carry out” (i.e., a covenant or oath; see BDB 878-79 s.v. קוּם).
3 tn Or “as an eternal.”
4 tn Heb “to be to you for God and to your descendants after you.”
