Genesis 15:5 “And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and c…”

Genesis 15:5

And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The LORD 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 your offspring will be.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.

Darby Translation

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!

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.'

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“tell”

Deuteronomy 1:10 Jeremiah 33:22 Psalm 147:4 Romans 9:7 Romans 9:8

Deuteronomy 1:10 · BSB

The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Jeremiah 33:22 · BSB

As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

Psalm 147:4 · BSB

He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

Romans 9:7 · BSB

Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

Romans 9:8 · BSB

So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

“So”

Hebrews 11:12 Romans 4:18 Exodus 32:13 Genesis 22:17 Deuteronomy 10:22 1 Chronicles 27:23

Hebrews 11:12 · BSB

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Romans 4:18 · BSB

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

Exodus 32:13 · BSB

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land…

Genesis 22:17 · BSB

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

Deuteronomy 10:22 · BSB

Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

1 Chronicles 27:23 · BSB

David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Also

Genesis 26:4

Genesis 26:4 · BSB

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Read Genesis 15