KJV ORIGINAL
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
And God brought him outside and said, 'Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can count them all.' Then God said to him, 'That's how many descendants you will have.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is promising Abraham that his descendants will be as countless as the stars in the sky.
📚 Historical Context
This promise came to Abraham when he was around 85 years old and still had no children with his wife Sarah. At this time, Abraham was questioning how God's earlier promise of making him a great nation could come true since he remained childless. God took Abraham outside his tent at night to give him this vivid, visual promise using the countless stars as a symbol.
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