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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: Hi Holmes, I don't remember mentioning Passover? You must have have misread what I said. It was in the days of Abraham (around 1900 BC - Sodom and Gomorrah, and Ur of the Chaldees had not been yet destroyed, and both were destroyed around 1900 BC)) that a generation was one hundred years, while the forty year generations of the days of the Exodus were at least 500 years later, even if you take the early date for the Exodus. I fail to see where I am misquoting Scripture. It says 'strangers in a land (singular) which is not theirs where they would serve them and would be afflicted for four hundred years, and also THAT NATION whom they serve will I judge, and afterward they will come out with great substance '. Clearly one nation was in mind. And besides they were not afflicted in Canaan, nor did they serve the Canaanits. The family tribe of the patriarchs was too powerful (Abraham had 318 fighting men born in his house). It can thus only refer to Egypt. So the Bible used 100 years as a generation in 1900 BC and 40 years at least 4-500 years later. How is that the same time period? Well if Moses' genealogy is complete how then do you explain the genealogy of Joshua which clearly goes over 10 generations from Ephraim to Joshua? I have based my ideas on stated Biblical facts, not on my own unsubstantiated theories. Best wishes. |