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the Amorites,וְאֶת הָאֱמֹרִיthe Canaanites,וְאֶת הַכְּנַעֲנִיthe Girgashites,וְאֶת הַגִּרְגָּשִׁיand the Jebusites.”וְאֶת הַיְבוּסִי
Genesis 15:21
Study it in the app“the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 15:21, word by word
- the Amoritesאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- the Girgashitesגִּרְגָּשִׁיgirgashi
Girgashite
Girgashite: one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “girgashi” appears- and the Jebusitesיְבוּסִיyevusi
Jebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appears
The context
20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 · This verse (above)
To study Genesis 15 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Abram about his descendants, and how did Abram respond (vv. 5-6)?
2. What it means
What relation does the text show between Abram’s faith and its being counted to him as righteousness (v. 6)?
3. How I live it
Which promise of Elohim is hard for you to believe today, and how can you talk with him about it?