וְד֥וֹר רְבִיעִ֖י יָשׁ֣וּבוּ הֵ֑נָּה כִּ֧י לֹא־שָׁלֵ֛ם עֲוֺ֥ן הָאֱמֹרִ֖י עַד־הֵֽנָּה׃
Mais la quatrième génération reviendra ici, parce qu’alors seulement la perversité de l’Amorréen sera complète."
The Midrash of Philo
What is the meaning of, "For the sins of the Amorites were not as yet completed?" (Genesis 15:16).
Who is the Heir of Divine Things
[293] Next we have “but in the fourth generation they shall come back hither” (Gen. 15:16). These words are meant not only to state the date at which they should inhabit the holy land, but to bring before us the thought of the complete restoration of the soul. That restoration may be said to come in the fourth generation. How it comes deserves our careful consideration.
Who is the Heir of Divine Things
[300] How that “until” is fixed he will himself shew us, when he says “for the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet fulfilled” (Gen. 15:16). Such words as these give weaker minds a handle for supposing that Moses represents fate and necessity as the cause of all events.