Genesis 15:16

New English Translation

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”

Cross References

Genesis 10:16

the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will 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 bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 50:24

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

1 Kings 21:26

He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)

2 Kings 21:11

“King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols.

Psalm 105:43

When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.

Exodus 12:40

Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.

Exodus 13:3

Moses said to the people, “Remember this day on which you came out from Egypt, from the place where you were enslaved, for the Lord brought you out of there with a mighty hand – and no bread made with yeast may be eaten.

Exodus 13:4

On this day, in the month of Abib, you are going out.

Daniel 8:23

Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts are complete, a rash and deceitful king will arise.

Leviticus 18:24

“‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.

Deuteronomy 9:4

Do not think to yourself after the Lord your God has driven them out before you, “Because of my own righteousness the Lord has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.

Deuteronomy 9:5

It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.