NET Bible
"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 15:5, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."”
“And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.”
“And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.”
“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.”
But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”
But look, the LORD’s message came to him:“This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
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.”
Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.
The LORD said to him,“I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to possess it?”