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Look!” Abram said, “You haven’t given me any offspring, so a servant born in[a] my house is going to be my heir.”

A message came from the Lord to him again: “This one will not be your heir. Instead, the child who will be born to you[b] will be your heir.” Then the Lord[c] took him outside. “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if you can!” he said. “Your descendants will be that numerous.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:3 Lit. a son of
  2. Genesis 15:4 Lit. the one who will come from your loins
  3. Genesis 15:5 Lit. he
  4. Genesis 15:5 Lit. will be so