Genesis 15:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And in the fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full and complete. [Josh. 24:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The fourth generation will return here since the Amorites’ wrongdoing won’t have reached its peak until then.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full, until this present time.

Genesis 15:16 Cross References

Genesis 10:16

and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

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;

Genesis 48:21

And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

Genesis 50:24

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

1 Kings 21:26

And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.)

2 Kings 21:11

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

Psalm 105:43

And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with singing.

Exodus 12:40

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, which they sojourned in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Exodus 13:3

And 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.

Exodus 13:4

This day ye go forth in the month Abib.

Daniel 8:23

And 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.

Leviticus 18:24

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you:

Deuteronomy 9:4

Speak not thou in thine 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.

Deuteronomy 9:5

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go in to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins alway: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.