And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; (A)your very own son[a] shall be your heir.” And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and (B)number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, (C)“So shall your offspring be.” And (D)he believed the Lord, and (E)he counted it to him as righteousness.

And he said to him, “I am the Lord who (F)brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans (G)to give you this land to possess.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:4 Hebrew what will come out of your own loins

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