Genesis 15:16 (WEB)
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“How is Gen. xv. 16, “in the fourth generation they shall come hither again,” to be reconciled with Ex. xiii. 18, LXX, “in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt”?” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Exodus xiii. 18, he proposes to reconcile with Gen. xv. 16, by supposing that in the one place the tribe of Levi is referred to, in the other the tribe of Judah.” — the author cites it
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Faith perfects the righteous man: as it is written, Abraham believed God and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.” — editor's note: Gen. xv. 16; Rom. iv. 3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“What is the measure of the Amorites that is not yet full?” — editor's note: Gen. xv. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”” — editor's note: Gen. xv. 9–21.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Letters Letter 35 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 35.
Cited together in Letters Letter 35.
Cited together in Letters Letter 35.
Cited together in Letters Letter 36.