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.  ‡

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.”