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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 15:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the Amorites, etc.] The same with the Amorite, (<011016>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 <011307>Genesis 13:7): and the Girgashites; the same with the Gergesenes in (<400828>Matthew 8:28); of these (see <011016>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 “<011016>Genesis 10:16”).
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