And the Amorites,.... The same with the Amorite, Ge 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 Ge 13:7:and the Girgashites; the same with the Gergesenes in Mt 8:28; of these see Ge 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 "Ge 10:16".
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Genesis 15:21
Genesis 15:21
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