Abram Promised a Son

15 After these things (A)the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,

(B)Do not fear, Abram,
I am (C)a shield to you;
[a]Your (D)reward shall be very great.”

But Abram said, “Lord [b]God, what will You give me, since I [c]am childless, and the [d]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Abram also said, “[e]Since You have given me no [f]son, [g]one who has been (E)born in my house is my heir.” Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; (F)but one who will come from your own [h]body shall be your heir.” And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and (G)count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “(H)So shall your [i]descendants be.” (I)Then he believed in the Lord; and He [j]credited it to him as righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:1 Or Your very great reward
  2. Genesis 15:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  3. Genesis 15:2 Lit go
  4. Genesis 15:2 Lit son of acquisition
  5. Genesis 15:3 Lit Behold
  6. Genesis 15:3 Lit seed
  7. Genesis 15:3 Lit then behold, a son of my
  8. Genesis 15:4 Lit inward parts
  9. Genesis 15:5 Lit seed
  10. Genesis 15:6 Or imputed

For what does the Scripture say? “(A)Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, (A)giving glory to God, 21 and (B)being fully assured that (C)what God had promised, He was able also to perform. 22 Therefore (D)it was also credited to him as righteousness.

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Just as (A)Abraham (B)believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “(A)And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a (B)friend of God.

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