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He took him outside and said: "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so," he added, "shall your descendants be." (Genesis 15,5)

Then the LORD said to Abram: "Know for certain that your descendants shall be aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. (Genesis 15,13)

You, however, shall join your forefathers in peace; you shall be buried at a contented old age. (Genesis 15,15)

It was on that occasion that the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River (the Euphrates), (Genesis 15,18)

So Sarai said to Abram: "You are responsible for this outrage against me. I myself gave my maid to your embrace; but ever since she became aware of her pregnancy, she has been looking on me with disdain. May the LORD decide between you and me!" (Genesis 16,5)

Abram told Sarai: "Your maid is in your power. Do to her whatever you please." Sarai then abused her so much that Hagar ran away from her. (Genesis 16,6)

But the LORD'S messenger told her: "Go back to your mistress and submit to her abusive treatment. (Genesis 16,9)

I will make your descendants so numerous," added the LORD'S messenger, "that they will be too many to count. (Genesis 16,10)

No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations. (Genesis 17,5)

I will maintain my covenant with you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting pact, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. (Genesis 17,7)

I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are now staying, the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession; and I will be their God." (Genesis 17,8)

God also said to Abraham: "On your part, you and your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the ages. (Genesis 17,9)