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NASB | Genesis 15:16 "Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 15:16 "Then in the fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete (finished)." [Josh 24:15] |
Subject: How long is a Biblical Generation ? |
Bible Note: 1 Chronicles 7:22-27 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 22 Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23 Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Non his son and Joshua his son. Hi biblicalman, You have made much of the genealogy of Joshua as compared to Moses and I failed to address that issue, so let me do so now. The “fourth generation” would return to Canaan. What is the “fourth generation?” Joseph would be 1st generation, his children would be 2nd generation, his grandchildren would be 3rd generation and his great-grandchildren would be “fourth generation.” The “fourth Generation” returning would also include the generations of their descendants, however many that might be. In the case of Joshua, it was the eleventh generation. Now let us look closely at these verses. Joseph was the 1st generation and his son Ephraim was the 2nd generation. In verse 23, Ephraim had a son, Beriah, and he was the 3rd generation and the grandson of Joseph. Beriah’s children would be “the fourth generation.” Did any of Beriah’s children (fourth generation) return to Canaan? Please note verse 24 and his fourth-generation daughter “Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also, Uzzen-sherrah.” Beth-horon and Uzzen-sherrah are in the land of Canaan. For your consideration, Holmes |