According to the "Zohar", Rabbi Abba was once going toward Lod when he met Rabbi Zeira, the son of Rav. Quoting , "And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness," Rabbi Zeira asked whether it means that God counted it to Abraham, or that Abraham counted it to God. Rabbi Zeira reported that he had heard that it means that God counted it to Abraham, but that interpretation did not satisfy him. Rabbi Abba replied that it is indeed not so. Noting that says, "and he reckoned her" (, "vayahsh'veha")" and not "and he reckoned to him (, "vayahshov lo")," Rabbi Abba taught that this means that Abraham counted it to God. For says, "And he brought him forth abroad," meaning that God told Abraham, in effect, to give up his astrological speculations; that was not the way to acquire knowledge of God's Name. Abram, it was true, would not beget children, but Abra"ham" would beget children. says, "So (, "Koh") shall your seed be." The word , "Koh", expresses the tenth sacred Crown of the King by which God's Name may be known; it is the Crown through which judgments are set in motion. Upon hearing God's promise in , Abraham became filled with joy, and "Abraham reckoned Her" — that is, the Crown — "for righteousness"; that is, he reckoned Her as if She were Compassion, because She had told him that he would father Isaac.