can count: Genesis 13:16, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 28:14
the dust: i.e. The posterity of Jacob, which was to be so numerous as to resemble the dust.
the fourth: Numbers 2:9, Numbers 2:16, Numbers 2:24, Numbers 2:31
me: Heb. my soul, or, my life
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Numbers 23:10
Numbers 23:10
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