Genesis 15:21

21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”

Genesis 15:21 in Other Translations

KJV
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
ESV
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites."
NLT
21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
MSG
21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."
CSB
21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."

Genesis 15:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 15:21

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).

Genesis 15:21 In-Context

19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 10:16; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 24:11; Nehemiah 9:8
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