CharismaticLady
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Genesis_15:16 is the prophecy that pointed to the 1948 return to the Land of Canaan. However to understand this prophecy, we need to consider that 15:16 is a very separate prophecy to the 15:13-14 prophecy.
The understanding is centred around the understanding of the Hebrew word וְד֥וֹר wə·ḏō·wr Were the embedded Hebrew root H:1755 has the meaning of "a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation;". Now if we consider that an age is a little longer than 1000 years, then this prophecy is speaking of a time period of between 3,000 plus - 4,000 plus years when Abraham's descendants would return to the Land of Canaan in the first half of the verse and the second half of the verse speaks of the condition of the Amorite people when they return.
From my understanding of the Chronology of the OT, Isaac was born in the year 2052 BC so the time span from 2052 BC to 1948 AD is exactly 4,000 years in the fourth age of the existence of the Abraham's descendant born to Sarah, his wife. Is it a coincidence that exactly 4,000 years separate these two events? I do not believe so. The prophecy of 15:16 would have been just as correct if the time span had of been 100 years either side of the 4,000 year time span.
However, the precise 4,000 years between these two events, i.e. Isaac's birth and the descendants return to the Land, is confirmed by the other prophecies that lock in this date to God's prophetic timeline.
Shalom
All I see is a prophecy of the children of Israel being slaves to the Egyptians for 400 years. I just googled the year Isaac was born and got:
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 1933 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 2114 AM.
Where did you get 2052 BC?