Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”
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15But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
Cross References
Genesis 10:16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, the Girgashite,
Genesis 50:24And when he had made them swear and had said, “God will visit you; carry my bones with you from this place,”
Exodus 13:3And Moses said to the people: “Remember this day, on which you were taken away from Egypt and from the house of servitude. For with a strong hand the Lord has led you away from this place. Thus, you shall eat no leavened bread.
Deuteronomy 9:4You should not say in your heart, when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight: ‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land, while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’
1 Kings 21:26And he became abominable, so much so that he followed the idols that the Amorites had made, whom the Lord consumed before the face of the sons of Israel.
Daniel 8:23And after their reign, when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face and understanding negotiations.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:13-17
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the… Read the whole commentary →