But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
WEB
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
YLT
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
DBT
And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)