Genesis 15:16
And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
15But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
Cross References
Genesis 10:16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
Genesis 50:24And Joseph spoke to his brethren, saying, I die, and God will surely visit you, and will bring you out of this land to the land concerning which God swore to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Exodus 13:3And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten.
Deuteronomy 9:4Speak not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God has destroyed these nations before thy face, saying, For my righteousness the Lord brought me in to inherit this good land.
1 Kings 21:26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Hadad reviewed Syria, and went up to Aphek to war against Israel.
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 →