Genesis 15:16

Conservative English Version

Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.

Cross References

Genesis 10:16

(SEE 10:6)

Genesis 15:13

Then the LORD said: Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace. But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for four hundred years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.

Genesis 48:21

After that, Jacob said, "Joseph, you can see that I won't live much longer. But God will be with you and will lead you back to the land he promised our family long ago.

Genesis 50:24

Before Joseph died, he told his brothers, "I won't live much longer. But God will take care of you and lead you out of Egypt to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 Kings 21:26

(SEE 21:25)

2 Kings 21:11

King Manasseh has done more disgusting things than the Amorites, and he has led my people to sin by forcing them to worship his idols.

Psalm 105:43

When the Lord rescued his chosen people from Egypt, they celebrated with songs.

Exodus 12:40

The LORD's people left Egypt exactly four hundred thirty years after they had arrived.

Exodus 13:3

Moses said to the people: Remember this day in the month of Abib. It is the day when the LORD's mighty power rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. Do not eat anything made with yeast.

Exodus 13:4

(SEE 13:3)

Daniel 8:23

When these rulers have become as evil as possible, their power will end, and then a king who is dangerous and cannot be trusted will appear.

Leviticus 18:24

Don't make yourselves unclean by any of these disgusting practices of those nations that I am forcing out of the land for you. They made themselves

Deuteronomy 9:4

After the LORD helps you wipe out these nations and conquer their land, don't think he did it because you are such good people. You aren't good--you are stubborn! No, the LORD is going to help you, because the nations that live there are evil, and because he wants to keep the promise he made to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 9:5

(SEE 9:4)

1 Thessalonians 2:16

They keep us from speaking his message to the Gentiles and from leading them to be saved. The Jews have always gone too far with their sins. Now God has finally become angry and will punish them.