2. But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? ”
3. Abram continued, “Look, You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir.”
4. Now the word of the Lord came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
5. He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”
6. Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
7. He also said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
8. But he said, “Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it? ”