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A message came from the Lord to him again: “This one will not be your heir. Instead, the child who will be born to you[a] will be your heir.” Then the Lord[b] took him outside. “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if you can!” he said. “Your descendants will be that numerous.”[c] Abram believed the Lord, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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  1. Genesis 15:4 Lit. the one who will come from your loins
  2. Genesis 15:5 Lit. he
  3. Genesis 15:5 Lit. will be so

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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  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed