Genesis 15:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 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) 6 (B)Abram put his faith in the Lord, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.[a]
7 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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- 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.
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