Genesis 15:16

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Genesis 15:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

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Exodus 12:40

Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

1 Kings 21:26

He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

2 Peter 3:8

Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

Daniel 8:23

In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.

Zechariah 5:5

Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”

Zechariah 5:6

“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”

Zechariah 5:7

And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.

Zechariah 5:8

“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.

Zechariah 5:9

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

Zechariah 5:10

“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

Zechariah 5:11

“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”

Matthew 23:32

Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

Matthew 23:33

You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Matthew 23:34

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

Matthew 23:35

And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.