Girgasite, son of Canaan
Girgasite is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 10:16. Also called Girgashite.
Family of Girgasite
Who was Girgasite?
Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Gen. 10:16), one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites (Gen. 15:21; Deut. 7:1). They were a branch of the great family of the Hivites. Of their geographical position nothing is certainly known. Probably they lived somewhere in the central part of Western Palestine.
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Girgasite
- Genesis 10:16
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
- 1 Chronicles 1:14
The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,