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RBT Hebrew Literal:

And he is causing to go out אֶת-him the Outside-her,559 and is saying, `Look, now, Dual-Heavens-her,560 and count the Round-ones, if you are able to count/record561 אֶת-them.` And he is saying to-himself, `Thus he is becoming your seed.`

RBT Paraphrase:
And he is leading out his eternal self to the Outside of herself, and he is saying, "Look, pray, at the Dual Heavenly ones of herself, and count the Stars, if you are able to count their eternal selves!" And he is saying to himself, "Like this he is becoming, the seed of yourself!"

יהיה

יה + יה

"he is becoming"

יהוה

"He IS"The Divine Name.
The verb "yih-yeh" is the precursor to "yah-weh". The first is a duplication of "יה" and "י" shaping/forming between the letters "ה" meaning "look!", and the second is the letter vav "ו" which stands for the Man full grown, or a peg, or a hinge: יהוה
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And he will bring him forth without, and will say, Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to count them: and he will say to him, So shall be thy seed.
LITV Translation:
And He brought him outside and said, Look now at the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, So shall your seed be.
ESV Translation:
And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.

Footnotes

559

Strong’s #2351, chuts. the outside, of a house, tent, city, camp, etc. This is an important symbol, “Jesus also suffered outside the city gate” (Heb. 13:12), “Outside are the dogs…” (Rev. 22:15), “They were trampled in the winepress outside the city” (Rev. 14:20).

560

Hebrew השמימה, masculine plural dual-heavens + feminine "hey”.  With ה: Is it locative or a feminine possessive?

561

Strong’s #5608, saphar. To score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount. This word might infer the act of counting but more important is the fact that the word is a denominative verb from sepher, a missive, document, writing, book (#5612). Refer to the book [sepher] in Genesis 5:1.