Genesis 15:5

15:5 The Lord ¹  took him outside and said, “Gaze into the sky and count the stars – if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”

Genesis 37:9

37:9 Then he had another dream, ²  and told it to his brothers. “Look,” ³  he said. “I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “And he dreamed yet another dream.”

³ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Look.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. Both clauses of the dream report begin with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), which lends vividness to the report.