Genesis 15:1-7

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God’s Agreement With Abram

15 After all these things happened, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. God said, “Abram, don’t be afraid. I will defend you and give you a great reward.”

² But Abram said, “Lord God, there is nothing you can give me that will make me happy, because I have no son. My slave Eliezer from Damascus will get everything I own after I die.” ³ Abram said, “You have given me no son, so a slave born in my house will get everything I have.”

⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Abram and said, “That slave will not be the one to get what you have. You will have a son who will get everything you own.”

⁵ Then God led Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you cannot count them. Your family will be like that.”

⁶ Abram believed the Lord, and because of this faith the Lord accepted him as one who has done what is right. ⁷ He said to Abram, “I am the Lord who led you from Ur of Babylonia.^[a] I did this so that I could give you this land. You will own this land.”