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Genesis 15:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.’  ,

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He committed the most detestable acts by following idols  as the Amorites  had, whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.


Near the end of their kingdoms, when the rebels have reached the full measure of their sin,  , a ruthless  king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.


by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit,  and wrath has overtaken them at last.


The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt  was 430 years.


Then the Lord said to Abram,  ‘Know this for certain: your offspring will be resident foreigners  for four hundred years  in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.


‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.


‘Since King Manasseh of Judah has committed all these detestable acts   #– #worse evil than the Amorites  who preceded him had done #– #and by means of his idols has also caused Judah to sin,


as well as the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,


Israel said to Joseph, ‘Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.


Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die,  but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham,  Isaac,  and Jacob.’


Then Moses said to the people, ‘Remember this day when you came out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, for the Lord brought you out of here by the strength of his hand. Nothing leavened may be eaten.


Today, in the month of Abib,  , you are going out.


When the Lord your God drives them out before you, do not say to yourself, “The Lord brought me in to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.”  Instead, the Lord will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness.


You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfil the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.





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