Genesis 15:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 But I will bring judgment on the nation they must serve, and after this they will go out with great wealth.(A) 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace; you will be buried at a ripe old age. 16 In the fourth generation[a] your descendants will return here, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.(B)
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- 15:16 Generation: the Hebrew term dor is commonly rendered as “generation,” but it may signify a period of varying length. A “generation” is the period between the birth of children and the birth of their parents, normally about twenty to twenty-five years. The actual length of a generation can vary, however; in Jb 42:16 it is thirty-five and in Nm 32:13 it is forty. The meaning may be life spans, which in Gn 6:3 is one hundred twenty years and in Is 65:20 is one hundred years.
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