Genesis 15:12-16

15:12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, ¹  and great terror overwhelmed him. ²  15:13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain ³  that your descendants will be strangers ⁴  in a foreign country. ⁵  They will be enslaved and oppressed ⁶  for four hundred years. 15:14 But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. ⁷  Afterward they will come out with many possessions. 15:15 But as for you, ⁸  you will go to your ancestors ⁹  in peace and be buried at a good old age. ¹⁰  15:16 In the fourth generation ¹¹  your descendants ¹²  will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.” ¹³ 

Joshua 21:45

21:45 Not one of the Lord’s faithful promises to the family of Israel ¹⁴  was left unfulfilled; every one was realized. ¹⁵ 

Joshua 23:14-15

23:14 “Look, today I am about to die. ¹⁶  You know with all your heart and being ¹⁷  that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized – not one promise is unfulfilled! ¹⁸  23:15 But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, ¹⁹  it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the Lord will bring on you every judgment ²⁰  until he destroys you from this good land which the Lord your God gave you.

Joshua 23:1

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time ²¹  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, ²²  and Joshua was very old. ²³ 

Joshua 8:15-20

8:15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert. 8:16 All the reinforcements ²⁴  in Ai ²⁵  were ordered ²⁶  to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city. 8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; ²⁷  they all went out after Israel. ²⁸  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

8:18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city ²⁹  over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand. 8:19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. ³⁰  They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire. 8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw ³¹  the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. ³²  In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.

Joshua 11:1

Israel Defeats a Northern Coalition

11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor ³³  heard the news, he organized a coalition, including ³⁴  King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,

[15:12]  ¹ tn Heb “a deep sleep fell on Abram.”

[15:12]  ² tn Heb “and look, terror, a great darkness was falling on him.”

[15:13]  ³ tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic, with the Qal infinitive absolute followed by the imperfect from יָדַע (yada’, “know”). The imperfect here has an obligatory or imperatival force.

[15:13]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word גֵּר (ger, “sojourner, stranger”) is related to the verb גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to stay for awhile”). Abram’s descendants will stay in a land as resident aliens without rights of citizenship.

[15:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “in a land not theirs.”

[15:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they will serve them and they will oppress them.” The verb עִנּוּ, (’innu, a Piel form from עָנָה, ’anah, “to afflict, to oppress, to treat harshly”), is used in Exod 1:11 to describe the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt.

[15:14]  ⁷ tn The participle דָּן (dan, from דִּין, din) is used here for the future: “I am judging” = “I will surely judge.” The judgment in this case will be condemnation and punishment. The translation “execute judgment on” implies that the judgment will certainly be carried out.

[15:15]  ⁸ tn The vav with the pronoun before the verb calls special attention to the subject in contrast to the preceding subject.

[15:15]  ⁹ sn You will go to your ancestors. This is a euphemistic expression for death.

[15:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in a good old age.”

[15:16]  ¹¹ 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.

[15:16]  ¹² tn Heb “they”; the referent (“your descendants”) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[15:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “is not yet complete.”

[21:45]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the house of Israel.” Cf. NCV “the Israelites”; TEV “the people of Israel”; CEV, NLT “Israel.”

[21:45]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “not a word from all the good word which the Lord spoke to the house of Israel fell; the whole came to pass.”

[23:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “go the way of all the earth.”

[23:14]  ¹⁷ tn Or “soul.”

[23:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “one word from all these words which the Lord your God spoke to you has not fallen, the whole has come to pass for you, one word from it has not fallen.”

[23:15]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and it will be as every good word which the Lord your God spoke to you has come to pass.”

[23:15]  ²⁰ tn Heb “so the Lord will bring every injurious [or “evil”] word [or “thing”] upon you.”

[23:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “many days.”

[23:1]  ²² tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

[23:1]  ²³ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

[8:16]  ²⁴ tn Heb “All the people.”

[8:16]  ²⁵ tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”

[8:16]  ²⁶ tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”

[8:17]  ²⁷ tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

[8:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

[8:18]  ²⁹ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:19]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and ran.”

[8:20]  ³¹ tn Heb “and they saw, and look.” The Hebrew term הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to the scene and invites the audience to view the events from the perspective of the men of Ai.

[8:20]  ³² tn Heb “and there was not in them hands to flee here or there.” The Hebrew term יָדַיִם (yadayim, “hands”) is idiomatic for “strength.”

[11:1]  ³³ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[11:1]  ³⁴ tn Heb “he sent to.”