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Genesis 15:21

What does Genesis 15:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 15:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Genesis 15:21 means

The final verse of the chapter completes the enumeration of the ten nations whose land God promises to Abram's descendants: the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. This full list of inhabitants within the defined borders underscores the scope of God's gift and the certainty of its future possession by Abram's seed. The listing serves as a solemn declaration, affirming God's sovereign authority over all peoples and lands, and His unwavering commitment to His covenant with Abram.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Context

This verse concludes the detailed listing of the ten nations that inhabit the land promised to Abram's descendants, a list that began in verse 19. This comprehensive enumeration follows the explicit declaration of God's covenant in verse 18 and serves to underscore the vastness and specific boundaries of the inheritance. It brings to a close the description of the land promise, solidifying the total scope of God's oath to Abram.

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Cross references

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

  • Exodus 34:11

    Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

  • Exodus 23:23

    For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.

  • Matthew 8:28

    And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

  • Deuteronomy 7:1

    When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

  • Exodus 33:2

    and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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