^{2 Ref} And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

^{3 Ref} And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

^{4 Ref} And lo, the word of Jehovah `is' unto him, saying, `This `one' doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

^{5 Ref} and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'

^{6 Ref} And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.