Genesis 15:3

¹⁴When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his house, and pursued as far as Dan.

²¹He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

⁷I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.

¹You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?

³⁵Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. ³⁶For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

²³for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

¹⁶I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.

²I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.