heir.’ Then He brought him outside and said, ‘Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.’ And He said to him, ‘So shall your descendants be’” (vv. 4–5). Have you ever been in a rural area on a clear night, away from the glare of the city lights? Under such circumstances, if you look at the night sky, you are able to see a vast number of stars in the sky. In fact, on a clear night, you can see the Milky Way, which looks like a cloud because of the billions of stars