Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation they return here again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”

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In The King James Version

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

In Context

15But you will go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried in a good old age.

17When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between the pieces of the animals.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely remember you and bring you up from this land to the land which he promised by an oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

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 →

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