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this land is your land

Genesis 15:5-7
"5 And He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
7 And He said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it."

God tells Abraham; he can't see his descendents yet, but they will be like the stars in the sky, countless! And, this land is your land! Abraham had questions and GOD answered them. God is keeping His promises, His plan is unfolding in the life of Abraham. 

Abraham is around eighty plus years old, he cannot see how GOD'S plan can be fulfilled with him. He thinks his servant Eliezer of Damascus will be his heir, not his own flesh and blood. And, he is wrong. After this he doubts again, Abraham and his wife, Sarah, feel they are not having a baby they conspired for Abraham to have a baby with Sarah's Egyptian-born handmaiden; Hagar. This baby is Abraham's first son, Ishmael. It's another twelve plus years before Isaac is born to Sarah, he is the true heir to Abraham's legacy! Out of this bloodline the twelve tribes of Israel are born and ultimately our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! 
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