Verse 16

In the fourth generation, your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.

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  • 1 Kgs 21:26 : 26 He acted in the most detestable way by following idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.
  • Dan 8:23 : 23 In the latter part of their reign, when the transgressors have reached their full measure, a stern-faced king, skilled in intrigue, will arise.
  • Matt 23:32-35 : 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
  • 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.
  • Exod 12:40 : 40 Now the time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
  • 2 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
  • Zech 5:5-9 : 5 Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and said to me, 'Look up and see what is appearing.' 6 I asked, 'What is it?' He replied, 'It is a measuring basket.' And he said, 'This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land.' 7 Then the cover of lead was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. 8 He said, 'This is wickedness,' and he pushed her back into the basket and placed the lead cover over its mouth. 9 Then I looked up, and I saw two women coming with the wind in their wings. They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth. 10 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, 'Where are they taking the basket?' 11 He replied, 'To the land of Shinar to build a house for it. When it is prepared, it will be set there on its own base.'