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Genesis 15:16-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Genesis 15:16-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
16 And in the [a]fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the [b]Amorites is not yet full and complete.(A)
17 When the sun had gone down and a [thick] darkness had come on, behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between those pieces.
18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying, To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—the land of
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- Genesis 15:16 This prophecy was literally fulfilled. Moses, for example, who led the Israelites back to Canaan after their 400 years in Egypt, was “in the fourth generation” from Jacob—Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses.
- Genesis 15:16 The most important and powerful group of that region. The name “Amorite” later became virtually synonymous with that of the inhabitants of Canaan generally.
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