for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
⛓ Read Genesis 13 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
'To your seed' (v.16) cites the recurring promise to Abraham 'and to your seed' in Gen 13:15 (cf. 17:8; 24:7). Paul's argument turns on the singular collective noun 'seed' (sperma) read messianically as Christ. The verbal anchor is exact and central to the pericope.
High confidenceAllusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'You are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise' (v.29) recapitulates the singular-seed promise of Gen 13:15/17:8 expounded in v.16, now extended to all who are Christ's. This closes the chapter's inclusio on seed/promise/inheritance with strong intra-chapter recurrence.
High confidence