Genesis 10 · Verse 16

Genesis 10:16

And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
Genesis 10:16, King James Version

Genesis 10:16 in other translations

BSBthe Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
WEBthe Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
ASVand the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
YLTand the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
DARBYand the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
BBEAnd the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite,
WebsterAnd the Jebusite, and the Emorite, and the Girgasite,

What does Genesis 10:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The Jebusite-Amorite, etc. - Are well known as being the ancient inhabitants of Canaan, expelled by the children of Israel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:15-32

The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always terribly. Perhaps it is a secret curse, a…

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Genesis 10:16 in the original Hebrew

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.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַיְבוּסִי֙hay.vu.Sithe Jebusite[s]H2983
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.Rithe Amorite[s]H567
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַגִּרְגָּשִֽׁי\׃ha.gir.ga.Shithe Girgashite[s]H1622

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 10:16

  • Zechariah 9:7

    And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

  • Judges 1:21

    And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jebusite.
Jud 1:21; 2Sa 24:18; Zec 9:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

  • Genesis 10:16

    And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

  • Genesis 10:17

    And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

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Genesis 10:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y al Jebuseo, y al Amorrheo, y al Gergeseo,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et le Jébusien, et l’Amoréen, et le Guirgasien,
German
Elberfelder 1871		und den Jebusiter und den Amoriter und den Girgasiter,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Jebusæum, et Amorrhæum, Gergesæum,