Acts 13 · Verse 19

Acts 13:19

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Acts 13:19, King James Version

Acts 13:19 in other translations

BSBAnd having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
WEBWhen he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four hundred fifty years.
ASVAnd when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
YLTand having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.
DARBYAnd having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
BBEAnd having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.
WebsterAnd when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

What does Acts 13:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 13:18-22

18-22. forty years suffered he their manners--rather, according to what appears the true reading, "cherished he them" (as a nurse the infant in her bosom).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 19. And when he had destroyed. Subdued; cast out; or extirpated, as nations. It does not mean that all were put to death, for many of them were left in the land; but that they were subdued as nations--they were broken up, and overcome. De 7:1: "And hath cast out many nations before them," etc.

Seven nations. The Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, De 7:1; Josh 3:10, Neh 9:8.

In the land of Chanaan. The whole land was called by the name of one of the principal nations. This was the promised land; the holy land, etc.

He divided, etc. See an account of this in Josh 14, Josh 15. The lot was often used among the Jews to determine important questions. Acts 1:26. (e) "seven nations" De 7:1 (f) "Chanaan" Josh 14:1

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Destroyed seven nations - The Canaanites, Hittites, Girgasites, Amorites, Hivites, Peresites, and Jebusites. The rabbins frequently call them שבעה אומות Shebaah Omoth, the Seven Nations.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 13:14-31

When we come together to worship God, we must do it, not only by prayer and praise, but by the reading and hearing of the word of God. The bare reading of the Scriptures in public assemblies is not enough; they should be expounded, and the people exhorted out of them. This is helping people in doing that which is necessary to make the word profitable, to apply it to themselves. Every thing is touched upon in this…

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Acts 13:19 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
καθελὼνkathelōnhaving destroyedG2507
ἔθνηethnēnationsG1484
ἑπτὰheptasevenG2033
ἐνeninG1722
γῇgēa[the] landG1093
ΧανάανChanaanof CanaanG5477
κατεκληρονόμησενkateklēronomēsenHe gave as an inheritanceG2624
τὴνtēntheG3588
γῆνgēnlandG1093
αὐτῶνautōnof them —G846

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Cross references for Acts 13:19

  • 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;

  • Psalms 78:55

    He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Acts 7:45

    Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

  • Joshua 19:51

    These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

  • Joshua 14:1

    And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

  • Genesis 17:8

    And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  • 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.

  • Joshua 18:10

    And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Nehemiah 9:24

    So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

  • Numbers 26:53-56

    Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

  • Genesis 12:5

    And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

  • Psalms 135:11

    Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
when.
7:45; De 7:1; Jos 24:11; Ne 9:24; Ps 78:55
Chanaan.
Ge 12:5; 17:8; Ps 135:11
Canaan. he divided.
Nu 26:53-56; Jos 14:1; 18:10; 23:4; Ps 78:55

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Context

  • Acts 13:18

    And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

  • Acts 13:19

    And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

  • Acts 13:20

    And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

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Acts 13:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y destruyendo siete naciones en la tierra de Canaán, les repartió por suerte la tierra de ellas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et ayant détruit sept nations au pays de Canaan, il leur en donna le pays en héritage.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nachdem er sieben Nationen im Lande Kanaan vertilgt hatte, ließ er sie deren Land erben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et destruens gentes septem in terra Chanaan, sorte distribuit eis terram eorum,