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NASB					Gen 15:16 "Then in ^Athe fourth⁷²⁴³ generation¹⁷⁵⁵ they will return⁷⁷²⁵ here²⁰⁰⁸, for ^Bthe iniquity⁵⁷⁷¹ of the Amorite⁵⁶⁷ is not yet⁵⁷⁰⁴^,²⁰⁰⁸ complete⁸⁰⁰³."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 15:16 "Then in the ¹fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the ²Amorites is not yet complete (finished)." [Josh 24:15]

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

This prophecy was fulfilled when Moses led the Israelites back to Canaan after their four hundred years in Egypt. He was "in the fourth generation" from Jacob--Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses.

The most important and powerful group of that region. The name "Amorite" later became virtually synonymous with that of the inhabitants of Canaan. They were known for their many superstitious practices (according to the Talmud).

NASB Cross References:
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Gen 15:13 God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years.

Lev 18:24 ¶ 'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

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Greek Heb.

567

Emori (57b); from 559; perh. "mountain dwellers," a Canaanite tribe:--Amorite(24), Amorites(63).

1755

dor or
dor (189c); from 1752; period, generation, dwelling:--age-old(1), all generations(20), another(1), dwelling(1), every generation(1), forever(1), generation(53), generations(52), kind(4), many generations(3), nor(1), time(2).

2008

hennah (244c); perh. from 2005; hither:--back and forth(1), direction(1), here(22), here and there(3), here*(2), nearby(1), now(5), other(1), since*(1), still*(1), this(2), this side(1), thus(3), way(1), yet*(1).

5704

ad (723d); from 5710a; as far as, even to, up to, until, while:--account(1), afar*(1), after(1), all the way(1), along(1), before(7), before*(3), beside*(1), beyond(2), beyond*(1), both*(1), completely*(1), either...or(1), equal(1), even(24), even including(1), exceedingly*(3), extremely*(1), far(131), far*(1), forever*(66), forevermore*(1), here*(2), how many*(2), including(1), like(2), little while*(1), long(23), long*(25), momentary*(1), never*(2), only(1), or(9), over(1), over there*(1), point(1), reaching(1), since*(1), so long(1), still*(1), there(1), threatened*(1), till(3), time(1), toward(1), unfathomable*(1), until(365), until the when(1), until*(43), utterly*(3), very(1), very*(2), violently*(1), when(1), when*(1), while(7), while i was still(1), within(1), without*(2), yet(1), yet*(1).

5771

avon or
avon (730d); from an unused word; iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity:--blame(1), guilt(21), guilty(1), iniquities(46), iniquity(143), punishment(12), punishment for the iniquity(3), punishment for their iniquity(3).

7243

rebii or
rebii (917d); from the same as 702; fourth:--four-sided(1), fourth(51), one-fourth(1), square(1).

7725

shub (996d); a prim. root; to turn back, return:--again(53), answer(4), answer*(5), answered(5), averted(1), back(7), back again(2), bring(1), bring her back(1), bring him back(2), bring it back(1), bring me back(2), bring the back(1), bring them again(1), bring them back(14), bring you back(5), bring back(14), bring presents(1), bring...back(4), bringing(1), bringing the back(1), brought(2), brought him again(2), brought him back(3), brought it back(3), brought me back(4), brought the again(1), brought them back(2), brought us back(1), brought again(1), brought back(17), brought...back(1), call(1), came again(1), came back(1), cause(1), certainly bring(1), certainly bring them back(1), come back(10), converted(1), deluded(1), desist(2), draw and turning(1), draw it back(1), drawn(1), drew back(1), drives(1), ever go back(1), fro(1), forth(1), gave...return(1), get(1), get it back(1), give(2), give a answer(1), give it back(1), give them back(1), give back(2), gives(2), go(1), go on back(1), go back(10), go*(1), going back(1), gone back(1), indeed(1), indeed bring(1), indeed bring me back(1), indeed return(2), indeed turn away(1), keeps(2), make them return(1), make restitution(1), paid(2), pass your again(1), pass away(1), pay(1), pays us back in full(2), punishing(1), put(3), put his back(1), put the back(1), put back(1), rebuilt*(2), recall(2), recalls*(1), receded(1), recompense(1), recompense*(1), recompensed(4), recovered(4), refreshes(1), refund(3), refuse(4), refute(1), regain(1), remade*(1), render(8), repaid(1), repay(5), repeatedly(2), repeats(1), repel(1), repent(6), repent and turn away(2), repentant(1), repented(1), replace(1), reply(6), reply*(1), reported(1), reported*(1), repulse*(2), rescue(1), respond(1), restitution may be made(1), restitution which is made(1), restore(58), restored(17), restorer(2), restores(7), restoring(1), restrain(2), restrained(2), retire(1), retreat(1), return(261), return and take back(1), return*(1), returned(151), returned*(1), returning(2), returns(9), reverse(1), revived(1), revoke(10), revoked(1), sent back(1), set(1), spent(1), still(3), subsides(2), surely return(4), take(4), take it back(1), take me back(1), take my back(2), take your back(1), take back(2), there(1), took back(2), turn(49), turn and and withdraw(1), turn her away(1), turn his away(1), turn it back(1), turn me into again(1), turn them back(1), turn to you again(1), turn you about(1), turn you around(1), turn you back(2), turn your away(1), turn again(1), turn aside(1), turn away(24), turn away and not repent(1), turn back(20), turn...back(1), turned(16), turned them back(1), turned around(1), turned away(9), turned back(16), turned...back(1), turning(2), turning away(1), turns(7), turns again(1), turns away(5), unleash(1), went back(5), went*(1), withdraw(4), withdrew(1).
Shubael; see 7619.

8003

shalem (1023d); from 7999a; complete, safe, at peace:--blameless(1), complete(1), completed(1), completely(1), entire(2), friendly(1), full(4), just(1), perfect(2), prepared(1), safely(1), uncut(2), whole(5), wholeheartedly*(1), wholly devoted(4).

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