Not for the first time God talks to Abram about the multitude of descendants he will have and phrases it this way:
5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Genesis 15:5, NRSVUE
Count them, if indeed you can count them. Great way of saying they are uncountable.
I also like the list of tribes in Canaan. It flows off the tongue when you speak them: 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.” (Genesis 15:19-21, NRSVUE)
Psalm note: … a psalm for hard moments. David’s plea is “Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.”
