Genesis 15:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
In context
14 But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
Genesis 15:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
- KJV King James Version
- But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
- WEB World English Bible
- In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.