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.


In Context

13 And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

14 But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

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

16 But 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.

17 And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

18 That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites 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.