⁴ Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.^(A)” ⁵ He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars^(B)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring^[a] be.”^(C)

⁶ Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.^(D)

³ What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^[a](A)