12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. 14 But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. 16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
I was blown away by this verse again the other day. Did God just say that one reason he is sending Abraham's offspring to Egypt for 400 years is because he wants the Amorites to fulfill their iniquities?
Sounds like a great idea for a new blog article.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of this sort of thing, but don't know much about it.