Genesis 15:19
What does Genesis 15:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 15:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Genesis 15:19 means
This verse begins the detailed enumeration of the ten specific nations whose territories comprise the promised land that God guaranteed to Abram's descendants. The listing of the Kenite, Kenizzite, and Kadmonite emphasizes the vast and diverse peoples living within the boundaries God had just described. This is not merely a geographical description but a divine declaration of ownership and future dispossession, underscoring the absolute nature of God's sovereign gift to Abram's seed.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
KJV
King James Version · 1611The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The Cineans, and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Context
Following the explicit declaration of the covenant and the broad geographical description of the promised land in verse 18, this verse begins to list the specific peoples currently inhabiting that territory. This detailed enumeration continues into the next two verses, providing concrete identification of the existing inhabitants, thereby clarifying what nations would eventually be displaced for Abram's descendants to inherit their divine legacy.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 24:21
And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
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