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Then the Lord spoke to Abram and said, “That slave will not be the one to get what you have. You will have a son who will get everything you own.”

Then God led Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you cannot count them. Your family will be like that.”

Abram believed the Lord, and because of this faith the Lord accepted him as one who has done what is right.

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Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.(A) He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(B)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(C)

Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed