^{2 Ref} Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

^{3 Ref} Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

^{4 Ref} Behold, 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."

^{5 Ref} Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."