GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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15 But you will die in peace and be buried at a very old age.
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You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, because the sin of the Amorites will not have run its course until then."
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In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
17 The sun had gone down, and it was dark. Suddenly a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between the animal pieces.
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When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
18 At that time the LORD made a promise to Abram. He said, "I will give this land to your descendants. This is the land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.
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On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
19 It is the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
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the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
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Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
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Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”
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