³ Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed ^(A)one^[a] born in my house is my heir!”

¹⁴ Now ^(A)when Abram heard that ^(B)his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were ^(C)born in his own house, and went in pursuit ^(D)as far as Dan.

⁷ I acquired male and female servants, and had ^[a]servants born in my house. Yes, I had greater possessions of herds and flocks than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

³⁵ Therefore do not cast away your confidence, ^(A)which has great reward. ^36 (B)For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, ^(C)you may receive the promise:

Jeremiah’s Question

¹⁶ And ^(A)I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.