Genesis 15:16
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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.

in the.

Exodus 12:40 And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Amorites.

1 Kings 21:26 And he became abominable, insomuch that he followed the idols which the Amorrhites had made, whom the Lord destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.

2 Peter 3:8,9 But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. . . .

not.

Daniel 8:23 And after their reign, when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face, and understanding dark sentences.

Zechariah 5:5-11 And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth. . . .

Matthew 23:32-35 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:16 Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.

Context
God Confirms His Promise
15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age. 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.17And 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.…
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 2:16
Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.

Genesis 15:13
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.

Exodus 12:40
And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Leviticus 18:24
Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,

1 Kings 21:26
And he became abominable, insomuch that he followed the idols which the Amorrhites had made, whom the Lord destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.

2 Kings 21:11
Because Manasses, king of Juda, hath done these most wicked abominations, beyond all that the Amorrhites did before him, and hath made Juda also to sin with his filthy doings:

Lexicon
In the fourth
רְבִיעִ֖י (rə·ḇî·‘î)
Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7243: Fourth, a fourth

generation
וְד֥וֹר (wə·ḏō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

[your descendants] will return
יָשׁ֣וּבוּ (yā·šū·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

here,
הֵ֑נָּה (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 2008: Hither, thither

for
כִּ֧י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the iniquity
עֲוֺ֥ן (‘ă·wōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

of the Amorites
הָאֱמֹרִ֖י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe

[is] not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

yet
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

complete.”
שָׁלֵ֛ם (šā·lêm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8003: Complete, safe, at peace


Additional Translations
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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

And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.

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

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

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

In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."

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