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Genesis 10:16-18
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Genesis 10:16-18
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16 the Jebusites,[a] Amorites,[b] Girgashites,[c] 17 Hivites,[d] Arkites,[e] Sinites,[f] 18 Arvadites,[g] Zemarites,[h] and Hamathites.[i] Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered
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- Genesis 10:16 sn The Jebusites were the Canaanite inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem.
- Genesis 10:16 sn Here Amorites refers to smaller groups of Canaanite inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Palestine, rather than the large waves of Amurru, or western Semites, who migrated to the region.
- Genesis 10:16 sn The Girgashites are an otherwise unknown Canaanite tribe, though the name is possibly mentioned in Ugaritic texts (see G. J. Wenham, Genesis [WBC], 1:226).
- Genesis 10:17 sn The Hivites were Canaanite tribes of a Hurrian origin.
- Genesis 10:17 sn The Arkites lived in Arka, a city in Lebanon, north of Sidon.
- Genesis 10:17 sn The Sinites lived in Sin, another town in Lebanon.
- Genesis 10:18 sn The Arvadites lived in the city Arvad, located on an island near the mainland close to the river El Kebir.
- Genesis 10:18 sn The Zemarites lived in the town Sumur, north of Arka.
- Genesis 10:18 sn The Hamathites lived in Hamath on the Orontes River.
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