Genesis 15:13-16

13 God said to Abram, "Know for certain that ¹your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where ²they will be enslaved and oppressed ³four hundred years.

14 "But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward * they will come out ⁴with many possessions.

15 "As for you, ⁵you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

16 "Then in ⁶the fourth generation they will return here, for ⁷the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet * complete."

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Genesis 15:13-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 15

This chapter informs us of a gracious appearance of God to Abram, and of a kind promise made unto him, Ge 15:1; of Abram's request for an heir, Ge 15:2,3; of an answer to it, that he should have one, and even a numberless seed, Ge 15:4,5; which he gave credit to, Ge 15:6; upon which he has a fresh promise of the land of Canaan, Ge 15:7; of his inheriting of which he desires a sign, and this was given him, Ge 15:8-12; and at the same time it was predicted to him how long his posterity should be afflicted in a land not theirs, and afterwards come out with great substance, Ge 15:13-16; and the grant of the land of Canaan to his seed is renewed, Ge 15:17-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. Acts 7:6, 17
2. Exodus 1:11; Deuteronomy 5:15
3. Exodus 12:40; Galatians 3:17
4. Exodus 12:32-38
5. Genesis 25:8; Genesis 47:30
6. Genesis 15:13
7. Leviticus 18:24-28

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "seed"
[b]. Lit "and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them"
[c]. Lit "great"