Genesis 15:5 And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look …
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
Genesis 15:5 NIV - He took him outside and said, “Look - Bible Gateway
Unleash God's Word! He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring.
Genesis 15:5 - Bible Gateway
He took Abram outside and said, “Now look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He also said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!”
Genesis 15:5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the ... - Bible Hub
"Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
Genesis 15:5 - King James Bible Online
15:5 And he brought him forth - It seems, early in the morning, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stars: so shall thy seed be - So innumerable, for so the stars seem to a common eye. Abram feared he should have no child at all, but God tells him his descendents should be so many as not to be numbered.
What does Genesis 15:5 mean? - BibleRef.com
In any case, God directs Abram to look up and count the stars above, if he was able. Of course, Abram could not count the stars. Neither could he count the dust on the earth, which God had pointed to in making a similar promise in Genesis 13:16.
Genesis 15:5-6 Meaning and Commentary - Scripture Savvy
Dec 26, 2024 · In Genesis 15:5-6, God takes Abram (later known as Abraham) outside and instructs him to look up at the sky and count the stars. God assures Abram that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
10 Bible Verses about Abraham God Showed Abraham Stars - OpenBible.info
Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore. In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
Genesis 15:5 Commentaries: And He took him outside and said ... - Bible Hub
God then took him into the open air, told him to look up to heaven, and promised him a posterity as numerous as the innumerable host of stars (cf. Genesis 22:17; Genesis 24:4; Exodus 32:13, etc.). Whether Abram at this time was "in the body or out of the body," is a matter of no moment.
“Abraham, Interpret the Stars…” - PREACHERS INSTITUTE
Apr 30, 2014 · Bible-readers do not have to advance very far into the text before they find the Lord’s invitation and promise to Abraham: “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them. . . .So shall your descendants be” (Genesis 15:5).