16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.


In Context

13 And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land that is not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

14 But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property.

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17 And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.

18 On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;

Genesis 15:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:16But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.