the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
Parallel translations
- WEB the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
- KJV And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
- BSB Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
- NASB the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”
- NLT Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
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Quick answer
The list concludes with the Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites. The full roster seals the boundaries of the promised inheritance.
Overview
The final nations complete the inventory of peoples occupying the land promised to Abram's offspring. The Jebusites, holding Jerusalem until David's day, hint at the long unfolding of this promise. The complete list confirms the reliability and scope of God's covenant word, which He would faithfully bring to pass.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Matt 8:28When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
- Gen 10:15–19Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
- Exod 23:23–28For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.
- Exod 33:2I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
- Deut 7:1When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
- Exod 34:11Observe that which I command you today. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
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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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