1After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don`t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
2Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
4Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."
5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you be able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
6He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
7He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
