Genesis 10:16

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrator continues the genealogical record of Canaan’s descendants in Genesis 10, listing tribal groups immediately after naming Sidon and the Hittites.

The words — The text lists הַיְבוּסִי (haYevusi) as "the Jebusites" and הָאֱמֹרִי (haEmori) as "the Amorites," each preceded by the direct object marker אֶת (et).

The thread — These groups reappear in Judges 1:21 regarding Jebusite settlement in Jerusalem, 2 Samuel 24:18 where Araunah is explicitly called a Jebusite, and Zechariah 9:7 concerning a future remnant.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to track the specific ethnic lineages that later interact with Israel, establishing the historical and territorial context for subsequent biblical narratives.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַיְבוּסִי֙ha/y.vu.Sithe/ Jebusite[s]וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔יha./'e.mo.Rithe/ Amorite[s]וְאֵ֖תve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַגִּרְגָּשִֽׁי׃ha./gir.ga.Shithe/ Girgashite[s]

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Judges 1:21 The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
2 Samuel 24:18 And 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.”
Zechariah 9:7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and 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.