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RBT Translation:

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 record561 אֶת-them.` And he is saying to-himself, `Thus he is becoming your seed.`

RBT Paraphrase:
And he is causing to go out [eternally] himself to the Outside of her, and say, `Look, now, her Dual Heavenly ones, and count the Round Stars, if you are able to record [eternally] themselves.` And he is saying to himself, `Thus he is becoming your seed.`

יהיה

"he is becoming"

יהוה

"He IS"The Divine Name.
The verb "yih-yeh" is the precursor to "yah-weh". The first is a hand "י" shaping/forming between the letters "ה" meaning "look!", and the second is the Man full grown: יהוה
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 הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה, masculine plural dual-heavens + feminine "heh”.  With ָ  ה: Is it locative or 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.