Verse 16
Genesis 15:16
Bible in Basic English
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And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/ד֥וֹר רְבִיעִ֖י יָשׁ֣וּבוּ הֵ֑נָּה כִּ֧י לֹא שָׁלֵ֛ם עֲוֺ֥ן הָ/אֱמֹרִ֖י עַד הֵֽנָּה
English Translation
And the fourth generation shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
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Chapter 15 Context
1
After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I w...
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And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have al...
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And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
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Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your proper...
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And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see i...
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6
And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
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And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for y...
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8
And he said, O Lord God (Elohim), how may I be certain that it will be mine?
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9
And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of...
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10
All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the...
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11
And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
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12
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
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13
And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to...
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14
But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among th...
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15
As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your...
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16
And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not...
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Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went be...
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18
In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land fro...
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19
The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
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20
And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
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21
And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
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