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OET (OET-LV) And_make DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit like_dust the_earth/land which if he_will_be_able anyone to_count DOM the_dust the_earth/land also your(ms)_seed/fruit it_will_numbered.
OET (OET-RV) I’ll make your descendants as numerous as dust particles. Your descendants will only be able to be counted if someone’s able to all the dust particles on the earth.
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י אֶֽת זַרְעֲךָ֖
and,make DOM your(ms)=seed/fruit
Alternate translation: “Besides that, I will also cause your descendants to be” or “In fact, I will also give you so many offspring that they will be”
כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ
like,dust the=earth/land
See how you translated “dust/dirt” in Gen 3:19. Alternate translation: “as numerous as the specks of dirt on the earth,”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם יוּכַ֣ל אִ֗ישׁ לִמְנוֹת֙
which/who if he/it_would_be_able (a)_man to,count
The Hebrew text has a contrary-to-fact clause here which implies that it is impossible for anyone to count all the specks of dust. Consider what is the best way to communicate that in your language. Alternate translation: “Just as it is impossible to count” or “Just as no one is able to count”
אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ
DOM dust the=earth/land
For some languages it is not natural to repeat “of/on the earth” here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “all the dirt specks” or “how many specks of dirt there are,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
גַּֽם זַרְעֲךָ֖ יִמָּנֶֽה
then your(ms)=seed/fruit counted
For some languages it may be clearer or more natural to change the order of the last two clauses and say, “No one will be able to count how many offspring/descendants you have, just as no one can count how many specks/particles of dust/dirt there are.” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “so it will be impossible to count all your offspring because they will be so numerous.” or “no one will be able to count how many descendants you have.”
13:11-18 The narrator makes numerous contrasts between Lot and Abram.
OET (OET-LV) And_make DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit like_dust the_earth/land which if he_will_be_able anyone to_count DOM the_dust the_earth/land also your(ms)_seed/fruit it_will_numbered.
OET (OET-RV) I’ll make your descendants as numerous as dust particles. Your descendants will only be able to be counted if someone’s able to all the dust particles on the earth.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.