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Joshua 13:3

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which is counted: Genesis 10:15-19; Numbers 34:2-14

five Lords: Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:4, 1 Samuel 6:16-17; Zephaniah 2:4-5; The Philistine were not descended from Canaan, but from Mizraim, the son of Ham; (compare Genesis 10:6 with Joshua 13:13); yet they were numbered with the Canaanites in this distribution.

Avites: Deuteronomy 2:23, Avims

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