Genesis 15:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Genesis 15:16 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 15:16 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 10:16the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
- Genesis 48:21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
- Exodus 12:40Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
- Exodus 13:3So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
- Exodus 13:4Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.
- Deuteronomy 9:4When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
- Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- 1 Kings 21:26He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
- Psalms 105:43He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
- Daniel 8:23In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
- Zechariah 5:5Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
- Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
- 2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
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