Genesis 15:1-6

1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, ‘do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield. Your reward will be amazingly large.’

2 Abram replied, ‘My Sovereign Lord, what will You do for me, since I will die without a child and my heir may well be Eliezer of Damascus?’ 3 Abram continued, ‘Look, you have not given me my own descendants, so someone of my household will inherit from me.’ 4 Then the Word of the Lord came to him; ‘Such a one will not inherit from you; but a child of your very own will inherit from you.’

5 Then God brought him outside and said, ‘Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can do this.’ Then he said to him, ‘Your descendants will be like this!’ 6 Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted this as his righteousness.

translation Paul H Ashby © 2008 all rights reserved.