Holy Scripture
Genesis 15:16
A church father on this verse
“The history of the Jews, who went down into Egypt and came out from Egypt, seems to accord with this. The years they spent there were 430, but not all of them lived a hundred years and more, as did Moses and Joshua, so that the time of the fourth generation would be appropriate in this context. So let us search rather…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
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In context
14And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
15But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
— Genesis 15:16 —
17And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
18In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.