The document discusses Abram expressing doubt to God about his lack of an heir. God confirms his covenant with Abram through a smoking firepot and flaming torch passing between pieces of animals. Abram has a vision of his offspring being slaves for 400 years in a foreign land. The document concludes that God's timing is perfect, and he is patient with his people, not delaying his promises.

1. Dealing
with
Doubt
Genesis
15:1–21;
16:1–16

2. Abram’s
Ques=on
Then
Abram
said,
“O
Yahweh,
my
Lord,
what
will
you
give
me?
I
con=nue
to
be
childless,
and
my
heir
is
Eliezer
of
Damascus.”
GENESIS
15:2
LEB

4. The
Covenant
Confirmed
And
aTer
the
sun
had
gone
down
and
it
was
dusk,
behold,
a
smoking
firepot
and
a
flaming
torch
passed
between
those
half
pieces.
GENESIS
15:17
LEB

6. Abram’s
Vision
Your
offspring
shall
be
aliens
in
a
land
that
is
not
theirs,
and
shall
be
slaves
there,
and
they
shall
be
oppressed
for
four
hundred
years.
GENESIS
15:13
NRSV

8. God’s
Perfect
Timing
The
Lord
is
not
delaying
the
promise,
as
some
consider
slowness,
but
is
being
pa=ent
toward
you.
2
PETER
3:9
LEB