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(B) He shall be buried in a good old age. Perhaps mention is made of his burial here, where the land of Canaan is promised him, because a burying place was the first possession he had in it. He shall not only die in peace, but die in honour, die, and be buried decently; not only die in peace, but die in season, Job 5:26. Note,
[1.] Old age is a blessing. It is promised in the fifth commandment; it is pleasing to nature; and it affords a great opportunity for usefulness.
[2.] Especially, if it be a good old age. Theirs may be called a good old age,
First, That are old and healthful, not loaded with such distempers as make them weary of life.
Secondly, That are old and holy, old disciples (Ac 21:16), whose hoary head is found in the way of righteousness (Pr 16:31), old and useful, old and exemplary for godliness; theirs is indeed a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. Though God tolerates the wicked for a time, yet his vengeance falls on them when the measure of their wickedness is full.
Their happy settlement in Canaan, Ge 15:16. They shall not only come out of Egypt, but they shall come hither again, hither to the land of Canaan, wherein thou now art. The discontinuance of their possession shall be no defeasance of their right: we must not reckon those comforts lost forever that are intermitted for a time. The reason why they must not have the land of promise in possession till the fourth generation was because the iniquity of the Amorites was not yet full. Israel cannot be possessed of Canaan till the Amorites be dispossessed; and they are not yet ripe for ruin. The righteous God has determined that they shall not be cut off till they have persisted in sin so long, and arrived at such a pitch of wickedness, that there may appear some