Responding to Abram’s discouragement, God confirmed two of the promises made to his servant a decade earlier. Abram would indeed have a son, not an adopted son, but a son of his own loins. Using the night sky as a pledge, God even promised that the seed of Abram would become as numerous as the starry host. In confirming the land promise, God reminded Abram of his name. He was Yahweh, God of redemption. He had brought Abram out of Ur in order to give him possession