New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 15:1-6

1After these things 1the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “2Do not fear, Abram, I am 3a shield to you; 4Your 5reward shall be very great.” 2Abram said, “O Lord 6God, what will You give me, since I 7am childless, and the 8heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3And Abram said, “9Since You have given no 10offspring to me, 11one 12born in my house is my heir.” 4Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; 13but one who will come forth from your own 14body, he shall be your heir.” 5And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and 15count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “16So shall your 17descendants be.” 6 18Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

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Notes

1. Genesis 15:1 Gen 15:4; 46:2; 1 Sam 15:10 ↩
2. Genesis 15:1 Gen 21:17; 26:24; Is 41:10 ↩
3. Genesis 15:1 Deut 33:29 ↩
4. Genesis 15:1 Or Your very great reward ↩
5. Genesis 15:1 Num 18:20; Ps 58:11 ↩
6. Genesis 15:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
7. Genesis 15:2 Lit go ↩
8. Genesis 15:2 Lit son of acquisition ↩
9. Genesis 15:3 Lit Behold ↩
10. Genesis 15:3 Lit seed ↩
11. Genesis 15:3 Lit and behold, a son of ↩
12. Genesis 15:3 Gen 14:14 ↩
13. Genesis 15:4 Gal 4:28 ↩
14. Genesis 15:4 Lit inward parts ↩
15. Genesis 15:5 Gen 22:17; 26:4; Deut 1:10 ↩
16. Genesis 15:5 Ex 32:13; Rom 4:18; Heb 11:12 ↩
17. Genesis 15:5 Lit seed ↩
18. Genesis 15:6 Rom 4:3, 20-22; Gal 3:6; James 2:23 ↩

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