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The Lord brought Abram outside and said, Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them. Then he said to him, So shall your offspring be.

Genesis 15:5

If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.

Isaiah 7:9

Genesis 15 (English Standard Version)

2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.”
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.”
5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
6 And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
7 And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
8 But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”

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Isaiah 7 (English Standard Version)

6 “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,”
7 thus says the Lord God:
“‘It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.’”
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,
11 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”
12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”

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The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!

Genesis 15:5

If you don't trust in me, then you won't survive.

Isaiah 7:9

Genesis 15 (Free Bible Version)

2 But Abram replied, “Lord God, what good is whatever you give me? I don't have any children, and the heir to all that I have is Eliezer of Damascus.”
3 Abram went on to complain, “Look! You haven't given me any children, so a servant from my household has to be my heir!”
4 But then the Lord told him, “This man won't be your heir. Your heir will be your very own son.”
5 The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!”
6 Abram trusted what the Lord said, and so the Lord counted Abram as being in a right relationship with him.
7 The Lord also told him, “I am the Lord, who led you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land for you to own.”
8 “But Lord God, how can I be certain that I will own it?” Abram asked.

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Isaiah 7 (Free Bible Version)

6 Let's go and attack Judah! We'll terrorize it and conquer it for ourselves, and make Tabeel's son its king.”
7 But this is what the Lord God says, “This plan won't materialize—it just won't happen!
8 For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. In addition, within sixty-five years Israel as a nation will be destroyed.
9 The head of Israel is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you don't trust in me, then you won't survive.”
10 Later the Lord sent another message to Ahaz,
11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether as deep as where people are buried or as high as heaven.”
12 “No, I'm not going to ask,” Ahaz replied. “I refuse to put the Lord to the test.”

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