Genesis 15:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Young's Literal Translation
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.’

King James Bible
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

Hebrew
In the fourth
רְבִיעִ֖י (rə·ḇî·‘î)
Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 7243: Fourth, a fourth

generation
וְד֥וֹר (wə·ḏō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

[your descendants] will return
יָשׁ֣וּבוּ (yā·šū·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

here,
הֵ֑נָּה (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's 2008: Hither, thither

for
כִּ֧י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the iniquity
עֲוֺ֥ן (‘ă·wōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

of the Amorites
הָאֱמֹרִ֖י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe

[is] not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

yet
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

complete.”
שָׁלֵ֛ם (šā·lêm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8003: Complete, safe, at peace

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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