Discovery BoxGenesis 15:16 
Context15:16 In the fourth generation 1 your descendants 2 will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.” 3
Genesis 26:21
Context26:21 His servants 4 dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it 5 Sitnah. 6
Genesis 41:28
Context41:28 This is just what I told 7 Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 44:11
Context44:11 So each man quickly lowered 8 his sack to the ground and opened it.
1 sn The term generation is being used here in its widest sense to refer to a full life span. When the chronological factors are considered and the genealogies tabulated, there are four hundred years of bondage. This suggests that in this context a generation is equivalent to one hundred years.
2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (“your descendants”) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “is not yet complete.”
sn The sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit. The justice of God is apparent. He will wait until the Amorites are fully deserving of judgment before he annihilates them and gives the land to Israel.
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (Isaac’s servants) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “and he called its name.” The referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 sn The name Sitnah (שִׂטְנָה, sitnah) is derived from a Hebrew verbal root meaning “to oppose; to be an adversary” (cf. Job 1:6). The name was a reminder that the digging of this well caused “opposition” from the Philistines.
7 tn Heb “it is the word that I spoke.”
8 tn Heb “and they hurried and they lowered.” Their speed in doing this shows their presumption of innocence.
