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Genesis 15:16

Judgment

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.

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—

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BSB
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
KJV
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
WEB
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
ASV
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
DARBY
And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
BLB
And the fourth generation, they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite here [is] not yet complete.”
ÅB
Og i det fjerde slektsledd skal de komme hit igjen; for amorittene har enda ikke fylt sin ondskaps mål.
OTB
I den fjerde generasjonen skal dine etterkommere vende tilbake hit, for amorittenes synd har ennå ikke nådd sitt fulle mål.»
B1930
Og i det fjerde ættledd skal de komme hit igjen; for amorittene har ennu ikke fylt sin ondskaps mål.

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