Genesis - 15:20



20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

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And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,
Et Hitthaeum, et Perizaeum, et Rephaim,

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And the Hittites,.... Who had their name from Heth, a son of Canaan, see Genesis 10:15; they dwelt about Hebron, in the south of the land of Canaan:
and the Perizzites; these dwelt in the wood country of the land, Joshua 17:15; and seem to have their name from dwelling in villages, and at a distance from towns and cities, and were a boorish and uncivilized people, see Genesis 13:7,
and the Rephaims; or "giants", as the Targums of Onkelos, and Jonathan; they dwelt near the Perizzites, Joshua 17:15; of these see Genesis 14:5.

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