1 Some time afterward, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not fear, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.
2 But Abram said, “Lord God, what can you give me, if I die childless and have only a servant of my household, Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Abram continued, “Look, you have given me no offspring, so a servant of my household will be my heir.”
4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: No, that one will not be your heir; your own offspring will be your heir.
5 He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be.
6 Abram put his faith in the Lord, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.
7 He then said to him: I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession.