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And in the fourthוְ רְבִיעִיgenerationדוֹרthey will returnיָשׁוּבוּhere,הֵנָּהforכִּיthe iniquityעֲוֺןof the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִיis notלֹאyetעַד הֵנָּהcomplete.”שָׁלֵם
Genesis 15:16
Study it in the app“And in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 15:16, word by word
- And in the fourthרְבִיעִיrevii
fourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “revii” appears- generationדוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears- they will returnיָשׁוּבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- the iniquityעֲוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- completeשָׁלֵםshalem
whole
With nothing missing or amiss; whole, exact.
Where else “shalem” appears
The context
15As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
16 · This verse (above)
17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, look, a smoking oven and a torch of fire that passed between these pieces.
To study Genesis 15 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Abram about his descendants, and how did Abram respond (vv. 5-6)?
2. What it means
What relation does the text show between Abram’s faith and its being counted to him as righteousness (v. 6)?
3. How I live it
Which promise of Elohim is hard for you to believe today, and how can you talk with him about it?