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He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be.(A) (B)Abram put his faith in the Lord, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.[a]

He then said to him: I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession.(C)

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  1. 15:6 Abraham’s act of faith in God’s promises was regarded as an act of righteousness, i.e., as fully expressive of his relationship with God. St. Paul (Rom 4:1–25; Gal 3:6–9) makes Abraham’s faith a model for Christians.

He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)

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

He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out(D) of Ur of the Chaldeans(E) to give you this land to take possession of it.”(F)

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  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed