Genesis 15:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶Your descendants^[a] will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course.”

¹⁷When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces.^[b] ¹⁸That very day the Lord made this covenant with Abram: “I’m giving^[c] this land to your descendants, from the river of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—

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Genesis 15:16 Lit. They
Genesis 15:17 Lit. these pieces
Genesis 15:18 Or have given

Genesis 15:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶In the fourth generation^(A) your descendants will come back here,^(B) for the sin of the Amorites^(C) has not yet reached its full measure.”

¹⁷When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch^(D) appeared and passed between the pieces.^(E) ¹⁸On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram^(F) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,^(G) from the Wadi^[a] of Egypt^(H) to the great river, the Euphrates^(I)—