Genesis 15:20
in Genesis 15Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
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ASV
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
KJV
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
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This verse in Genesis 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the Hittites,.... Who had their name from Heth, a son of Canaan, see Gen 10:15; they dwelt about Hebron, in the south of the land of Canaan: and the Perizzites; these dwelt in the wood country of the land, Jos 17:15; and seem to have their name from dwelling in villages, and at a distance from towns and cities, and were a boorish and uncivilized people, see Gen 13:7, and the Rephaims; or "giants", as the Targums of Onkelos, and Jonathan; they dwelt near the Perizzites, Jos 17:15; of these see Gen 14:5.
This site's exposition
the LORD made a covenant with Abram
on Genesis 15:18-21
The grant is in the past tense, the land already given to his descendants. The boundaries run from the river of Egypt as far as the Euphrates, and ten peoples on that ground are listed by name, where Deuteronomy 7:1 later counts seven. The Rephaites stand on the list, the giant clans of 14:5.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But God ensures both to him; and that which made these two, the promised seed and the promised land, comforts indeed to this great believer was that they were both typical of those two invaluable blessings, Christ and heaven; and so, we have reason to think, Abram eyed them. God's Covenant with Abram.
They forfeited their right by their sins, and by their own sloth and cowardice kept themselves out of possession. (3.) The land granted is here described in its utmost extent because it was to be a type of the heavenly inheritance, where there is room enough: in our father's house are many mansions.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחִתִּ֥י | hachiti | the Hittite[s] | H2850 → | 48 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַפְּרִזִּ֖י | haperizi | the Perizzite[s] | H6522 → | 23 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָרְפָאִֽים׃ | harefaim | the Rephaites | H7497 → |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַחִתִּ֥יthe Hittite[s]
hachitiH2850 →48 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַפְּרִזִּ֖יthe Perizzite[s]
haperiziH6522 →23 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָרְפָאִֽים׃the Rephaites
harefaimH7497 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 17:5as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
it leads to
- Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- Jeremiah 51:33
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her…
- Joel 3:13
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
- 2 Samuel 5:18
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Revelation 14:15–20
Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for…
- Matthew 13:30
Through
Genesis 14:5In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- Deuteronomy 2:10–11
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- Deuteronomy 1:4
This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
- Deuteronomy 3:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.