Genesis

Genesis 15:5

⁵And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”^a

Footnotes

a 15:5 Cited in Romans 4:18|ROM 4:18

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וַיּוֹצֵ֨א	way·yō·w·ṣê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
him	אֹת֜וֹ	’ō·ṯōw	Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
outside	הַח֗וּצָה	ha·ḥū·ṣāh	Article; Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H2351 the outside
and said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Now	נָ֣א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
look	הַבֶּט־	hab·beṭ-	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5027 look
to the heavens	הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה	haš·šā·may·māh	Article; Noun - masculine plural; third person feminine singular	H8064 sky, aloft
and count	וּסְפֹר֙	ū·sə·p̄ōr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5608 count
the stars	הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים	hak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3556 star
if you	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
are able	תּוּכַ֖ל	tū·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure
Then He told	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
him	ל֔וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
So	כֹּ֥ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
your offspring	זַרְעֶֽךָ׃	zar·‘e·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
be	יִהְיֶ֖ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Hebrews 11:12 · Romans 4:18 · Deuteronomy 1:10 · Exodus 32:13 · Genesis 22:17 · Deuteronomy 10:22 · Jeremiah 33:22 · 1 Chronicles 27:23 · Psalm 147:4 · Romans 9:7–8 · Genesis 12:2 · Genesis 16:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.