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Genesis 15:16

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

KJV

Generatione autem quarta revertentur huc : necdum enim completæ sunt iniquitates Amorrhæorum usque ad præsens tempus.

Vulgate

τετάρτῃ δὲ ⸆ γενεᾷ ἀποστραφήσονται ὧδε· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναπεπλήρωνται αἱ ἁμαρτίαι τῶν Ἀμορραίων ἕως τοῦ νῦν.

LXX

And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

ASV

וְ/ד֥וֹר רְבִיעִ֖י יָשׁ֣וּבוּ הֵ֑נָּה כִּ֧י לֹא שָׁלֵ֛ם עֲוֺ֥ן הָ/אֱמֹרִ֖י עַד הֵֽנָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֹרִ֔י
'mry
noun · 87×
הֵ֔נָּה
hnh
adverb · 50×
כֶ֔ם
km
noun · 164×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 230×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
רְבִיעִ֔י
rby'y
adjective · 55×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָׁלֵ֔ם
shlm
noun · 28×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:26 — And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
  • 1Kgs 21:26 — And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
  • 1Sam 15:18 — And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
  • 1Thess 2:16 — Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
  • 1Thess 2:16 — Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
  • 2Pet 3:8 — But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • Amos 2:9 — Yet destroyed I 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.
  • Dan 8:23 — And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
  • Deut 9:4 — Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of
  • Exod 12:40 — Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
  • Ezek 16:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
  • Matt 23:32 — Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
  • Matt 23:32 — Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
  • Ps 79:8 — O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.