Genesis 15:16
And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Cross References
Genesis 10:16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;
Genesis 50:24And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'I die; but God will surely remember you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'
Exodus 13:3And Moses said unto the people: 'Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place; there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
Deuteronomy 9:4Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the LORD thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying: 'For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land'; whereas for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
1 Kings 21:26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
Daniel 8:23And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have completed their transgression, there shall stand up a king of fierce countenance, and understanding stratagems.
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 →