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.