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Offspring promised to Abram

Genesis 15:5-6

He took him outside and said: “Look up at the sky and count the stars - if indeed you can count them.” Then He said to him: “So shall your offspring be".
Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

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​Genesis 15 verse 5 and 6
5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars- if indeed you can count them". Then He said to him: “So shall your offspring be".

6 Abram believed the Lord and He credited it to him as righteousness.

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Genesis 12 describes God calling Abram to go to the land He would show him. God promised him ‘to make him into a great nation’. God repeats this promise in chapter 15, as He guarantees Abram:
a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.

God took Abram outside and promised him offspring as numerous as the stars in the night sky. Then God made a covenant with Abram. 

In Galatians 3 verse 14 we read that the blessing given to Abraham came to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus. So the promise of offspring to Abram points to Jesus, the Saviour.

Genesis 15 verse 6  says:
Abram believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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