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Girgasite in the Bible.

The descendants of the fifth son of Canaan, one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites. The King James Version names Girgasite in 2 verses, from Genesis 10:16 to 1 Chronicles 1:14.

Girgasite’s family.

His family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Girgasite was.

Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Gen. 10:16), one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites (Gen. 15:21; Deut. 7:1). They were a branch of the great family of the Hivites. Of their geographical position nothing is certainly known. Probably they lived somewhere in the central part of Western Palestine.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 2 verses that name Girgasite.

Genesis 1

  • Genesis 10:16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

1 Chronicles 1

Questions about Girgasite.

Who was Girgasite in the Bible?

The descendants of the fifth son of Canaan, one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites. The King James Version names Girgasite in 2 verses, from Genesis 10:16 to 1 Chronicles 1:14.

Who was Girgasite’s father?

Canaan.

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