16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
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And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-16)We have here a full and particular discovery made to Abram of God’s purposes concerning his seed. Observe, I. The time when God came to him with this discovery: When the sun was going down , or declining , about the time of the evening oblation , 1 Kgs. 18:36 ; Dan. 9:21 . Early in the morning, before day, while the stars were yet to be seen, God had given him orders concerning the sacrifices (Gen…
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