Genesis 15:16

New Century Version

After your great-great-grandchildren are born, your people will come to this land again. It will take that long, because I am not yet going to punish the Amorites for their evil behavior.”

Cross References

Genesis 10:16

He was also the father of the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers and travel in a land they don’t own. The people there will make them slaves and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look at me; I am about to die. But God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 50:24

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will take care of you. He will lead you out of this land to the land he promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

1 Kings 21:26

Ahab sinned terribly by worshiping idols, just as the Amorite people did. And the Lord had taken away their land and given it to the people of Israel.

2 Kings 21:11

“Manasseh king of Judah has done these hateful things. He has done more evil than the Amorites before him. He also has led Judah to sin with his idols.

Psalm 105:43

So God brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.

Exodus 12:40

The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for four hundred thirty years;

Exodus 13:3

Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, the day you left Egypt. You were slaves in that land, but the Lord with his great power brought you out of it. You must not eat bread made with yeast.

Exodus 13:4

Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving Egypt.

Daniel 8:23

“When the end comes near for those kingdoms, a bold and cruel king who tells lies will come. This will happen when many people have turned against God.

Leviticus 18:24

“ ‘Don’t make yourself unclean by any of these wrong things. I am forcing nations out of their countries because they did these sins, and I am giving their land to you.

Deuteronomy 9:4

After the Lord your God has forced those nations out ahead of you, don’t say to yourself, “The Lord brought me here to take this land because I am so good.” No! It is because these nations are evil that the Lord will force them out ahead of you.

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take the land, not because you are good and honest, but because these nations are evil. That is why the Lord your God will force them out ahead of you, to keep his promise to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

They try to stop us from teaching those who are not Jews so they may be saved. By doing this, they are increasing their sins to the limit. The anger of God has come to them at last.