KJV King James Version
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.
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Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
WEB World English Bible
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
ASV American Standard Version
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 15
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 fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
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וְד֥וֹרH1755 · dorgenerationרְבִיעִ֖יH7243 · re.vi.ifourthיָשׁ֣וּבוּH7725 · shuvto return: returnהֵ֑נָּהH2008 · hen.nahhere/thusכִּ֧יH3588 · kiforלֹא־H3808 · lonotשָׁלֵ֛םH8003 · sha.lemcompleteעֲוֹ֥ןH5771 · a.vaniniquity: crimeהָאֱמֹרִ֖יH567 · e.mo.riAmoriteעַד־H5704 · adtillהֵֽנָּה׃H2008 · hen.nahhere/thus
Cross-references
1 Kings 21:26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all [things] as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.Daniel 8:23And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.Exodus 12:40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.Matthew 23:32-35Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.1 Thessalonians 2:16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.2 Peter 3:8-9But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.Zechariah 5:5-11Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what [is] this that goeth forth.
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