In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
Genesis 48:22 - Y'all Version Bible Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, I have given to you [Joseph] one portion [Shechem, one mountain slope] more than any of your brethren, which I took [reclaiming it] out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow. [Gen. 33:18, 19; Josh. 24:32, 33; John 4:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. Common English Bible I’m giving you one portion more than to your brothers, a portion that I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.” Catholic Public Domain Version I give you one part beyond that of your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow. |
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—
Lord YHWH says: “This will be the boundaries of the land that y’all are to divide for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph will have two portions.
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
but he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
So now YHWH, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?