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- Chapter 10
- Verse 16
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Gill's Exposition
And the Jebusite,.... Who had their name from Jebus, a third son of Canaan, and from whom Jerusalem was called Jebus, Jdg 19:10 and where his posterity continued to dwell when the land of Canaan was…
- XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser, “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr, “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “perhaps double Egypt, lower and…
Adam Clarke
The Jebusite-Amorite, etc. - Are well known as being the ancient inhabitants of Canaan, expelled by the children of Israel.
Observe here, 1. The account of the posterity of Canaan, of the families and nations that descended from him, and of the land they possessed, is more particular than of any other in this chapter,…
Cambridge Bible
the Jebusite The Canaanite tribe dwelling in Jerusalem and its neighbourhood: cf. Jos 15:63; Jdg 1:21; 2Sa 5:6.
the Amorite In the Tel-el-Amarna tablets the name Amurruis given to the dwellers in the…