Genesis 15:16

New American Bible - revised edition

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.

Cross References

Genesis 10:16

also of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram: Know for certain that your descendants will reside as aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph: “I am about to die. But God will be with you and will restore you to the land of your ancestors.

Genesis 50:24

Joseph said to his brothers: “I am about to die. God will surely take care of you and lead you up from this land to the land that he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

1 Kings 21:26

He became completely abominable by going after idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord drove out of the Israelites’ way.

2 Kings 21:11

“Because Manasseh, king of Judah, has practiced these abominations, and has done greater evil than all that was done by the Amorites before him, and has led Judah into sin by his idols,

Psalm 105:43

He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of triumph.

Exodus 12:40

The time the Israelites had stayed in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

Exodus 13:3

Moses said to the people, “Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of a house of slavery. For it was with a strong hand that the Lord brought you out from there. Nothing made with leaven may be eaten.

Exodus 13:4

This day on which you are going out is in the month of Abib.

Daniel 8:23

“At the end of their reign, when sinners have reached their measure, There shall arise a king, impudent, and skilled in intrigue.

Leviticus 18:24

Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, because by them the nations whom I am driving out of your way have defiled themselves.

Deuteronomy 9:4

After the Lord, your God, has driven them out of your way, do not say in your heart, “It is because of my justice the Lord has brought me in to possess this land, and because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord is dispossessing them before me.”

Deuteronomy 9:5

No, it is not because of your justice or the integrity of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land; but it is because of their wickedness that the Lord, your God, is dispossessing these nations before you and in order to fulfill the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

trying to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved, thus constantly filling up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has finally begun to come upon them. Paul’s Recent Travel Plans.