Genesis 15:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 15:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 15:16 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 15:16 — KJV
“But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.”
— Genesis 15:16 (KJV)
Genesis 15:16 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 15:16
“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. return...: Heb. return to go”
Shares key themes with Genesis 15:16: come, hither, again
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 15:16: fourth, generation, iniquity
“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 15:16: fourth, generation, iniquity
“The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 15:16: fourth, generation, iniquity
“On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 15:16: come, again, amorites
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