Genesis 15:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Genesis 15:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:26
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.
Daniel 8:23
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.
Exodus 12:40
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
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.
Matthew 23:32-35
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. …

Topics

Abraham Amorites Atheism Attributes of God Condescension of God Contracts Covenant Generals, Distinguished

Commentary

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. 15:…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

9-21. Take me an heifer, &c.--On occasions of great importance, when two or more parties join in a compact, they either observe precisely the same rites as Abram did, or, where they do not, they invoke the lamp as their witness. According to these ideas, which have been from time immemorial engraven on the minds of Eastern people, the Lord Himself condescended to enter into covenant with Abram. Th…