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He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be.(A) (B)Abram put his faith in the Lord, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.[a]

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  1. 15:6 Abraham’s act of faith in God’s promises was regarded as an act of righteousness, i.e., as fully expressive of his relationship with God. St. Paul (Rom 4:1–25; Gal 3:6–9) makes Abraham’s faith a model for Christians.

He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)

Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(C)

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  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed