⁵ And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and ^(A)count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “^(B)So shall your ^[a]descendants be.”

¹⁷ indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly ^(A)multiply your ^[a]seed as the stars of the heavens and as ^(B)the sand, which is on the seashore; and ^(C)your ^[b]seed shall possess the gate of ^[c]their enemies.

¹³ Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You ^(A)swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will ^(B)multiply your ^[a]descendants as the stars of the heavens, and ^(C)all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your ^[b]descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’”

⁷ “^(A)The Lord did not ^[a]make you His beloved nor choose you because you were greater in number than any of the peoples, since you were the fewest of all peoples,

^22 (A)Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, ^(B)and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.