And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
Parallel translations
- WEB the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
- BSB the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
- NKJV the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;
- NASB the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
- NLT Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
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Quick answer
Among Canaan's descendants were the Jebusites, Amorites, and Girgashites. These are familiar peoples of the land of Canaan.
Overview
These nations, listed among the inhabitants of Canaan, appear repeatedly in the accounts of Israel's conquest and settlement. The Jebusites, for instance, held Jerusalem until David's time. Tracing them here prepares the reader for the long story of the land, which ultimately becomes the stage for the Messiah's coming.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Zech 9:7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
- 2 Sam 24:18And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Judg 1:21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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