Genesis 15:1-6
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God’s Covenant with Abram
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”(A) 2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”[a](B) 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.”(C) 4 But the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.”(D) 5 He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”(E) 6 And he believed the Lord, and the Lord[b] reckoned it to him as righteousness.
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