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Genesis 15:20

Genesis 15:20
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Amorites,.... The same with the Amorite, Gen 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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 15:1-21

- The Faith of Abram 1. דבר dābār, “a word, a thing;” the word being the sign of the thing. 2. אדני 'ǎdonāy, “Adonai, the Lord;” related: “bring down, lay down.” This is the name usually read in…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 15:17-21

Here is, I. The covenant ratified (Gen 15:17); the sign which Abram desired was given, at length, when the sun had gone down, so that it was dark; for that was a dark dispensation.

1. The smoking…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the Hittite See note on Gen 10:15. Probably indicating the presence of Hittite settlements in Canaan bands who had roamed southward from the great Hittite kingdom of the north.

the Perizzite, and the…

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