Genesis - 15:21



21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 15:21.

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and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanits, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.'
Et Emoraeum, et Chenaanaeum, et Girgasaeum, et Jebusaeum.

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Historical Commentaries

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And the Amorites,.... The same with the Amorite, Genesis 10:16; they inhabited both on this and the other side Jordan:
and the Canaanites; which were a particular tribe or nation that bore the name of their great ancestor Canaan, see Genesis 13:7,
and the Girgashites; the same with the Gergesenes in Matthew 8:28; of these see Genesis 10:16,
and the Jebusites; who inhabited Jerusalem and about it, which was first called Jebus, from the founder of this nation; see Gill on Genesis 10:16.

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