Abram Counts the Stars

^{Genesis 12:1} Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

^{Genesis 12:2} And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

^{Genesis 12:4} So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

^{Genesis 12:5} And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

^{Genesis 12:8} And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

^{Genesis 12:9} And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

^{Genesis 15:1} After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

^{Genesis 15:2} And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

^{Genesis 15:5} 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.

^{Genesis 15:6} And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.