Genesis 15:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 15:15

13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly ^athat your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and ^bthey will afflict them four hundred years.

14 And also the nation whom they serve ^aI will judge; afterward ^bthey shall come out with great possessions.

15 Now as for you, ^ayou shall go ^bto your fathers in peace; ^cyou shall be buried at a good old age.

16 But ^ain the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity ^bof the Amorites ^cis not yet complete.”

17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that ^apassed between those pieces.

18 On the same day the Lord ^amade a covenant with Abram, saying: ^b“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—

Verse Comparison: Genesis 15:15

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American Standard Version
But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Amplified® Bible
And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old (hoary) age.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 15:13)

Darby English Version
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Good News Bible
You yourself will live to a ripe old age, die in peace, and be buried.

King James Version
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

New American Standard Bible
"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

New International Version
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.

New King James Version
Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; people will bury you at a good old age.

Revised Standard Version
As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

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