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Genesis 15:20

What does Genesis 15:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 15:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Genesis 15:20 means

Continuing the enumeration of the peoples inhabiting the promised land, God lists the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Rephaim. These particular groups deepen the understanding of the diverse inhabitants within the vast territory God promised. By naming these distinct nations, God highlights the breadth of the land and the magnitude of the inheritance that His covenant with Abram guarantees. This detailed list solidifies the historical and geographical reality of God's promise.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

Context

This verse continues the specific listing of the nations whose lands are included in God's covenant promise, building upon the nations named in verse 19. It remains part of the comprehensive overview of the promised territory and its current inhabitants. This ongoing list leads directly to the conclusion of the enumeration in verse 21, completing the full scope of God's promised inheritance for Abram's descendants.

v.19the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

v.20This passage

v.21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 17:5

    And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing grain, and his arm reapeth the ears; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

  • Genesis 14:5

    And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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