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Girgashites גִּרְגָּשִׁי
Canaanites. The Girgashites were one of the Canaanite groups inhabiting the land promised to Abraham's descendants.
Also called Girgashite, Girgasite.
Family
| Father | Canaan |
|---|---|
| Brothers and sisters | Amorites, Arkites, Arvadites, Hamathites, Heth, Hivites, Jebusites, Sidon, Sinites, Zemarites |
Where Girgashites appears
Genesis (2), Joshua (2), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 10:16 first mention — And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
- Genesis 15:21 — And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
- Deuteronomy 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
- Joshua 3:10 — And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
- Joshua 24:11 — And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
- 1 Chronicles 1:14 — The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
- Nehemiah 9:8 — And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.