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Genesis 15:5

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Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”

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Genesis 15:5 in other translations

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Genesis 15:5 · American Standard Version

Genesis 15:5 in context

  1. 3Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
  2. 4Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”
  3. 5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
  4. 6He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.
  5. 7He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”