the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the JebusitesThe Jebusites were a Canaanite tribe mentioned frequently in the Old Testament. The Hebrew root for Jebusite is "יְבוּסִי" (Yevusi), which is derived from "Yebus," the ancient name for Jerusalem. Historically, the Jebusites inhabited the hill country around Jerusalem, and their city, Jebus, was a stronghold until King David conquered it, making it the capital of Israel ( 2 Samuel 5:6-9). This conquest is significant as it marks the establishment of Jerusalem as a central place of worship and governance for the Israelites, a city that holds profound spiritual significance throughout the Bible and in Christian theology. the Amorites
The Amorites were another prominent Canaanite group, often depicted as formidable and warlike. The Hebrew term "אֱמֹרִי" (Emori) is associated with the word "Amurru," which refers to a region and people in ancient Mesopotamia. Archaeological findings suggest that the Amorites were influential in the early history of the Near East, with their presence noted in various ancient texts. Biblically, the Amorites are often portrayed as a people who opposed Israel, symbolizing the spiritual and moral challenges that God's people faced. Their mention here underscores the diverse and often hostile environment into which the descendants of Noah's sons would settle, highlighting the need for faithfulness and reliance on God amidst adversity. the Girgashites
The Girgashites are one of the lesser-known Canaanite tribes, mentioned in several biblical passages as inhabitants of the land promised to Abraham's descendants. The Hebrew "גִּרְגָּשִׁי" (Girgashti) is not as well-documented archaeologically as other Canaanite groups, leading to various scholarly theories about their origins and identity. In the biblical narrative, the Girgashites, like other Canaanite tribes, represent the pagan cultures that the Israelites were to displace as they took possession of the Promised Land. This displacement is often interpreted as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of Christians, who are called to leave behind worldly influences and embrace a life dedicated to God. The mention of these tribes in Genesis 10 serves as a reminder of the historical and spiritual challenges faced by God's people and the ultimate triumph of God's promises. Persons / Places / Events 1. JebusitesA Canaanite tribe that inhabited Jerusalem before its conquest by King David. They are often mentioned in the context of the land that God promised to the descendants of Abraham. 2. AmoritesA significant and powerful group in the ancient Near East, often depicted as enemies of Israel. They were known for their fortified cities and were one of the peoples that Israel was commanded to drive out of the Promised Land. 3. GirgashitesOne of the lesser-known Canaanite tribes. They are listed among the nations that occupied the land of Canaan before the Israelites took possession of it. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty in HistoryThe listing of these nations in Genesis 10:16 reminds us of God's overarching plan and sovereignty in history. He orchestrates the rise and fall of nations according to His purposes. Call to HolinessThe presence of these nations in the Promised Land serves as a reminder of the call to holiness and separation from practices that are contrary to God's will. Believers today are called to live distinct lives that reflect God's character. Trust in God's PromisesJust as God promised to give the land to the descendants of Abraham, He is faithful to fulfill His promises to us. We can trust in His word and His timing. Spiritual WarfareThe physical battles against these nations symbolize the spiritual battles believers face today. We are called to stand firm in faith and rely on God's strength to overcome spiritual adversaries. Bible Study Questions 1. How does understanding the historical context of the Jebusites, Amorites, and Girgashites enhance our comprehension of God's promises to Israel? 2. In what ways can the call to holiness seen in the command to drive out these nations be applied to our lives today? 3. How does the conquest of Jerusalem by King David, as mentioned in 2 Samuel 5:6-7, demonstrate God's faithfulness to His promises? 4. What are some modern-day "Amorites" or challenges that believers face, and how can we rely on God's strength to overcome them? 5. How can we apply the lessons of trust and reliance on God's promises in our personal spiritual journeys? Connections to Other Scriptures Deuteronomy 7:1This verse lists the nations, including the Jebusites, Amorites, and Girgashites, that God commanded the Israelites to drive out of the Promised Land. It emphasizes the need for Israel to remain distinct and not adopt the practices of these nations. Joshua 3:10This passage highlights God's promise to drive out the Canaanite nations, including the Jebusites, Amorites, and Girgashites, as a sign of His presence and power among the Israelites. 2 Samuel 5:6-7These verses describe King David's conquest of Jerusalem, which was inhabited by the Jebusites, marking a significant moment in Israel's history. People Abimael, Almodad, Amorites, Anamim, Anamites, Aram, Arkite, Arkites, Arphaxad, Arvadite, Ashkenaz, Ashur, Canaanites, Caphtorim, Caphtorites, Casluhim, Casluhites, Dedan, Diklah, Dodanim, Eber, Elam, Elishah, Gether, Girgashite, Girgashites, Girgasite, Gomer, Hadoram, Ham, Hamathite, Hamathites, Havilah, Hazarmaveth, Heth, Hittites, Hivite, Hivites, Hul, Japheth, Javan, Jerah, Jobab, Joktan, Kittim, Lehabim, Lehabites, Lud, Ludim, Ludites, Madai, Magog, Mash, Mesha, Meshech, Mizraim, Naphtuhim, Naphtuhites, Nimrod, Noah, Obal, Ophir, Pathrusim, Peleg, Phut, Riphath, Sabtah, Sabtecha, Sabtechah, Salah, Seba, Shelah, Sheleph, Shem, Sinite, Sinites, Tarshish, Tiras, Togarmah, Tubal, Uzal, Zemarite, Zemarites, ZidonPlaces Accad, Admah, Assyria, Babel, Calah, Calneh, Canaan, Erech, Gaza, Gerar, Gomorrah, Lasha, Mesha, Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Resen, Sephar, Shinar, Sidon, Sodom, Tigris-Euphrates Region, ZeboiimTopics Amorite, Amorites, Emorite, Girgashite, Girgashites, Gir'gashites, Girgasite, Jebusite, Jeb'usitesDictionary of Bible Themes Genesis 10:1-32 7230 genealogies Genesis 10:15-16 7240 Jerusalem, history Genesis 10:15-20 5671 clan Library Ancient Chaldaea
The Creation, the Deluge, the history of the gods--The country, its cities its inhabitants, its early dynasties. [Illustration: 002a.jpg] "In the time when nothing which was called heaven existed above, and when nothing below had as yet received the name of earth,* Apsu, the Ocean, who first was their father, and Chaos-Tiamat, who gave birth to them all, mingled their waters in one, reeds which were not united, rushes which bore no fruit."** Life germinated slowly in this inert mass, in which the …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 3Moses and his Writings
[Illustration: (drop cap W) Clay letter tablet of Moses' time.] We now begin to understand a little of the very beginning of God's Book--of the times in which it was written, the materials used by its first author, and the different kinds of writing from which he had to choose; but we must go a step farther. How much did Moses know about the history of his forefathers, Abraham and Jacob, and of all the old nations and kings mentioned in Genesis, before God called him to the great work of writing …
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making Healing a Phoenician Woman's Daughter.
(Region of Tyre and Sidon.) ^A Matt. XV. 22-28; ^B Mark VII. 24-30. ^b And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it [Jesus sought concealment for the purposes noted in the last section. He also, no doubt, desired an opportunity to impact private instruction to the twelve]; and he could not be hid. [The fame of Jesus had spread far and wide, and he and his disciples were too well known to escape the notice of any who had seen them or heard them described.] 25 But { ^a 22 And} behold, …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Sea of Sodom
The bounds of Judea, on both sides, are the sea; the western bound is the Mediterranean,--the eastern, the Dead sea, or the sea of Sodom. This the Jewish writers every where call, which you may not so properly interpret here, "the salt sea," as "the bituminous sea." In which sense word for word, "Sodom's salt," but properly "Sodom's bitumen," doth very frequently occur among them. The use of it was in the holy incense. They mingled 'bitumen,' 'the amber of Jordan,' and [an herb known to few], with …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
SYRIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EGYPTIAN CONQUEST NINEVEH AND THE FIRST COSSAEAN KINGS-THE PEOPLES OF SYRIA, THEIR TOWNS, THEIR CIVILIZATION, THEIR RELIGION-PHOENICIA. The dynasty of Uruazagga-The Cossseans: their country, their gods, their conquest of Chaldaea-The first sovereigns of Assyria, and the first Cossaean Icings: Agumhakrime. The Egyptian names for Syria: Khara, Zahi, Lotanu, Kefatiu-The military highway from the Nile to the Euphrates: first section from Zalu to Gaza-The Canaanites: …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4 The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
Assur-nazir-pal (885-860) and Shalmaneser III. (860-825)--The kingdom of Urartu and its conquering princes: Menuas and Argistis. Assyria was the first to reappear on the scene of action. Less hampered by an ancient past than Egypt and Chaldaea, she was the sooner able to recover her strength after any disastrous crisis, and to assume again the offensive along the whole of her frontier line. Image Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a bas-relief at Koyunjik of the time of Sennacherib. The initial cut, …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7 The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
Syria: the part played by it in the ancient world--Babylon and the first Chaldaean empire--The dominion of the Hyksos: Ahmosis. Some countries seem destined from their origin to become the battle-fields of the contending nations which environ them. Into such regions, and to their cost, neighbouring peoples come from century to century to settle their quarrels and bring to an issue the questions of supremacy which disturb their little corner of the world. The nations around are eager for the possession …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4 The Pioneer's Influence Upon a Nation's Ideals.
ABRAHAM, THE TRADITIONAL FATHER OF HIS RACE.--Gen. 12:1-8; 13:1-13; 16; 18, 19; 21:7; 22:1-19. Parallel Readings. Hist. Bible I, 73-94. Prin of Pol., 160-175. Jehovah said to Abraham, Go forth from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will show thee, that I may make of thee a great nation; and I will surely bless thee, and make thy name great, so that thou shalt be a blessing, I will also bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will …
Charles Foster Kent—The Making of a Nation The Interpretation of the Early Narratives of the Old Testament
[Sidenote: Importance of regarding each story as a unit] Of all the different groups of writings in the Old Testament, undoubtedly the early narratives found in the first seven books present the most perplexing problems. This is primarily due to the fact that they have been subject to a long process of editorial revision by which stories, some very old and others very late and written from a very different point of view, have been closely joined together. While there is a distinct aim and unity …
Charles Foster Kent—The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament Sargon of Assyria (722-705 B. C. )
SARGON AS A WARRIOR AND AS A BUILDER. The origin of Sargon II.: the revolt of Babylon, Merodach-baladan and Elam--The kingdom of Elam from the time of the first Babylonian empire; the conquest's of Shutruh-nalkunta I.; the princes of Malamir--The first encounter of Assyria and Elam, the battle of Durilu (721 B.C.)--Revolt of Syria, Iaubidi of Hamath and Hannon of Gaza--Bocchoris and the XXIVth Egyptian dynasty; the first encounter of Assyria with Egypt, the battle of Raphia (720 B.C.). Urartu …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7 Genealogy According to Luke.
^C Luke III. 23-38. ^c 23 And Jesus himself [Luke has been speaking about John the Baptist, he now turns to speak of Jesus himself], when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age [the age when a Levite entered upon God's service--Num. iv. 46, 47], being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son [this may mean that Jesus was grandson of Heli, or that Joseph was counted as a son of Heli because he was his son-in-law] of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )
Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Influences that Gave Rise to the Priestly Laws and Histories
[Sidenote: Influences in the exile that produced written ceremonial laws] The Babylonian exile gave a great opportunity and incentive to the further development of written law. While the temple stood, the ceremonial rites and customs received constant illustration, and were transmitted directly from father to son in the priestly families. Hence, there was little need of writing them down. But when most of the priests were carried captive to Babylonia, as in 597 B.C., and ten years later the temple …
Charles Foster Kent—The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament The Book of the First Generations of Man, and the Glory of the Cainites.
I. THE BOOK OF THE FIRST GENERATIONS OF MAN, AND THE GLORY OF THE CAINITES. A. THE BOOK OF THE FIRST GENERATIONS OF MAN. 1. The reasons why Moses records the generations of Adam 1. 2. Why he so particularly gives the years, and in the case of each patriarch adds "and he died" 1-2. 3. Why Enoch is placed in the records of the dead 3-4. * Was Enoch a sinner, and do sinners have hope of eternal life 4. * Of death. a. How we are to comfort ourselves against death 5. b. How reason views death, and how …
Martin Luther—Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Genesis
The Old Testament opens very impressively. In measured and dignified language it introduces the story of Israel's origin and settlement upon the land of Canaan (Gen.--Josh.) by the story of creation, i.-ii. 4a, and thus suggests, at the very beginning, the far-reaching purpose and the world-wide significance of the people and religion of Israel. The narrative has not travelled far till it becomes apparent that its dominant interests are to be religious and moral; for, after a pictorial sketch of …
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