16 In the fourth generation(A) your descendants will come back here,(B) for the sin of the Amorites(C) has not yet reached its full measure.”

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16 Then in (A)the fourth generation they will return here, for (B)the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

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and when the Lord your God has delivered(A) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(B) them totally.[a](C) Make no treaty(D) with them, and show them no mercy.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.

and when the Lord your God turns them over to you and you [a]defeat them, (A)you shall [b]utterly destroy them. (B)You shall not make a covenant with them (C)nor be gracious to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 Lit strike
  2. Deuteronomy 7:2 Or certainly devote to the ban