Genesis 1:19
Context1:19 There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.
Genesis 2:14
Context2:14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. 1 The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Genesis 15:16
Context15:16 In the fourth generation 2 your descendants 3 will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.” 4


[2:14] 1 tn Heb “Asshur” (so NEB, NIV).
[15:16] 1 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] 2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (“your descendants”) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.