1. After this the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram.I am your shield,your exceedingly great reward.”
2. But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3. Abram said, “Since You have not given me any children, my heir is a servant born in my house.”
4. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but a son that is from your own body will be your heir.”
5. He brought him outside and said, “Look up toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So will your descendants be.”
6. Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
7. He also said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it.”
8. But Abram said, “Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?”