The Covenant Continued (Genesis 15:12-16)

12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell [suggests awe-inspiring divine activity and presence] 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 [prophecy of the Egyptian bondage and subsequent exodus after 400 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 you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. [This is fulfilled in 25:8.] 16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation [suggests an idealized generation is 100 years], for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” [Divine judgment in the form of Israel’s conquest must wait until they are sufficiently wicked to deserve their fate.]