Genesis 15:14-16

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¹⁴But on that nation whom your descendants will serve I will bring judgment, and afterward they will come out [of that land] with great possessions.^(A) ¹⁵As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. ¹⁶Then in the ^[a]fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the ^[b]Amorites is not yet complete (finished).”^(B)

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Genesis 15:16 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.
Genesis 15:16 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).