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And Abram said, “Look, you have not given me a descendant, and here, a member of my household[a] is my heir.”[b] And behold, the word of Yahweh came to him saying, “This person will not be your heir,[c] but your own son will be your heir.”[d] And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward the heavens and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:3 Literally “a son of my house”
  2. Genesis 15:3 Literally “inheriting me”
  3. Genesis 15:4 Literally “inherit you”
  4. Genesis 15:4 Literally “he who goes out from your body, he will inherit you”