Genesis 15:21

21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the 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 Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
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