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Genesis 15:5
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3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed aone born in my house is my heir!”  
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who awill come from your own body shall be your heir.”  
5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and acount the bstars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, c“So shall your ddescendants be.”  
6 And he abelieved in the Lord, and He baccounted it to him for righteousness.  
7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who abrought you out of bUr of the Chaldeans, cto give you this land to inherit it.”  
8 And he said, “Lord God, ahow shall I know that I will inherit it?”  
9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
10 Then he brought all these to Him and acut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut bthe birds in two.  
11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, aa deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.  
13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly athat your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and bthey will afflict them four hundred years.  
14 And also the nation whom they serve aI will judge; afterward bthey shall come out with great possessions.  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 15:5

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American Standard Version
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Amplified® Bible
And He brought him outside [his tent into the starlight] and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars--if you are able to number them. Then He said to him, So shall your descendants be.

Contemporary English Version
Then the LORD took Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have."

Darby English Version
And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!

Good News Bible
The LORD took him outside and said, "Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that."

King James Version
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

New American Standard Bible
And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be.""

New International Version
He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

New King James Version
Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you could count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants become."

Revised Standard Version
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be."

Young's Literal Translation
and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'


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