The sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure. (Genesis 15:16)God warns Abraham that his descendants will be enslaved in a foreign land for a time. But what was going on in Canaan during the 400 years Abraham's people were in Egypt? The writer states that a wickedness was taking hold of the Amorite people.
What would have become of the Hebrew people (though they were not called that yet) if they had remained in Canaan? Is it possible the wickedness that was growing in the Amorites, but had not yet reached its full measure, would have infected the twelve tribes of Jacob too?
As bad as the Egyptian enslavement might have been, we don't know but that something even worse might have befallen them if they had remained in Canaan.
Has God ever allowed you to go through a bad time that later proved to be his providential hand of protection?
While I can't say that I can think of a time like that in my life at this moment, but thinking of what might have been for the Israelites if they had been allowed to stay puts a very interesting spin on the story. We always have been taught what a trial it was to be enslaved, but it might have been worse. Gives one a second thought about what might be going on i ones own life right now.
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