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.’ , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in the fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full and complete. [Josh. 24:15.] American Standard Version (1901) And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. Common English Bible The fourth generation will return here since the Amorites’ wrongdoing won’t have reached its peak until then.” Catholic Public Domain Version But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full, until this present time. |
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.
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.’
He committed the most detestable acts by following idols as the Amorites had, whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
‘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,
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.