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It will be four generations before your descendants come back here, because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that they must be punished."
14
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.
15
You yourself will live to a ripe old age, die in peace, and be buried.
16
It will be four generations before your descendants come back here, because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that they must be punished."
17
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch suddenly appeared and passed between the pieces of the animals.
18
Then and there the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.