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Gen 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

in the		Exd 12:40
Amorites		1Ki 21:26; 2Pe 3:8,9
not		Dan 8:23; Zec 5:5-11; Mat 23:32-35; 1Th 2:16

Correlating Passages

in the

Exd 12:40

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.

Amorites

	1Ki 21:26	And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all [things] as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
	2Pe 3:8	But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
	2Pe 3:9	The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

not

	Dan 8:23	And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
	Zec 5:5	Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what [is] this that goeth forth.
	Zec 5:6	And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This [is] their resemblance through all the earth.
	Zec 5:7	And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this [is] a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
	Zec 5:8	And he said, This [is] wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
	Zec 5:9	Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind [was] in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
	Zec 5:10	Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
	Zec 5:11	And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
	Mat 23:32	Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
	Mat 23:33	[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
	Mat 23:34	Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:
	Mat 23:35	That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
	1Th 2:16	Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 15:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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