Genesis 10:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,”

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BSBPD

“the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 10:16 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
  2. Judges 1:21The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
  3. 2 Samuel 24:18And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
  4. Zechariah 9:7I will remove the blood from their mouthsand the abominations from between their teeth.Then they too will become a remnant for our God;they will become like a clan in Judah,and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

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