Genesis 15:3-5

God's Covenant with Abram

³ And Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no offspring, and _e a member of my household will be my heir." ⁴ And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: "This man shall not be your heir; _f your very own son ₁ shall be your heir." ⁵ And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and _g number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, _h "So shall your offspring be."

1. Cross References
   Genesis 14:14
   When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 17:16
   I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 147:4
   He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 22:17
   I will surely bless you, and I will surely mult...
   Genesis 26:4
   I will multiply your offspring as the stars of ...
   Exodus 32:13
   Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your serva...
   Deuteronomy 1:10
   The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behol...
   Deuteronomy 10:22
   Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons...
   1 Chronicles 27:23
   David did not count those below twenty years of...
   Hebrews 11:12
   Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead...
   Romans 4:18
   In hope he believed against hope, that he shoul...