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1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: |Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.| 2 But Abram said, |O sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?| 3 Abram added, |Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!| 4 But look, the word of the LORD came to him: |This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir.| 5 The LORD took him outside and said, |Gaze into the sky and count the stars--if you are able to count them!| Then he said to him, |So will your descendants be.| Genesis 15:1-5, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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