16 “I make a vow by my own name — the Lord is speaking — that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me,
17 I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
18 All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants — all because you obeyed my command.”
19 Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to Beersheba, where Abraham settled.
20 Some time later Abraham learnt that Milcah had borne eight children to his brother Nahor:
21 Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel,