Acts 13:19
New International Version
and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their inheritance.

New Living Translation
Then he destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to Israel as an inheritance.

English Standard Version
And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

Berean Standard Bible
And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

Berean Literal Bible
and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave as an inheritance their land--

King James Bible
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

New King James Version
And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land to them by allotment.

New American Standard Bible
When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about 450 years.

NASB 1995
“When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance— all of which took about four hundred and fifty years.

NASB 1977
“And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about four hundred and fifty years.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about 450 years.

Amplified Bible
When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land [to our ancestors] as an inheritance—this took about four hundred and fifty years.

Christian Standard Bible
and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
then after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.

American Standard Version
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:

Contemporary English Version
He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave their land to our people.

English Revised Version
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then he destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to his people as an inheritance.

Good News Translation
He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and made his people the owners of the land.

International Standard Version
he destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan. Then God gave their land to the Israelis as an inheritance

Majority Standard Bible
And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as their inheritance.

NET Bible
After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance.

New Heart English Bible
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

Weymouth New Testament
Then, after overthrowing seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided that country among them as their inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years;

World English Bible
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four hundred fifty years.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided their land to them by lot.

Berean Literal Bible
and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave as an inheritance their land--

Young's Literal Translation
and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

Smith's Literal Translation
And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he gave them to inherit this land by lot.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And destroying seven nations in the land of Chanaan, divided their land among them, by lot,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And by destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land among them by lot,

New American Bible
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance

New Revised Standard Version
After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he destroyed seven nations in the land of Ca’naan, and he gave them their land for an inheritance.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, and he gave them their land for an inheritance.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land among them by lot.

Godbey New Testament
and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the inheritance of the land about four hundred and fifty years.

Haweis New Testament
And destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he distributed their territory to them by lot.

Mace New Testament
after that he distributed to them by lot the territorys of seven nations, which he destroyed in Canaan.

Weymouth New Testament
Then, after overthrowing seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided that country among them as their inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years;

Worrell New Testament
And, having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed by lot their land to them for about four hundred and fifty years.

Worsley New Testament
And destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave them their country for an inheritance.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
In Pisidian Antioch
18He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness. 19And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. 20All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

Joshua 14:1-2
Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel. / Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

Joshua 21:43-45
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it. / And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. / Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

Nehemiah 9:24-25
So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished. / They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

Psalm 78:55
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Judges 2:21-23
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died. / In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.” / That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.

Joshua 23:9-13
The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you. / One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised. / Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God. ...

Exodus 23:28-30
I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. / I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you. / Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

Numbers 33:51-53
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, / you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places. / You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

Deuteronomy 9:1-5
Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens. / The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?” / But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you. ...

Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

Joshua 13:1-7
Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed. / This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, / from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites; ...

Joshua 24:18
And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”

Hebrews 11:32-34
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

Acts 7:45
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,


Treasury of Scripture

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

when.

Acts 7:45
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

Joshua 24:11
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

Chanaan.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Psalm 135:11
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:

Canaan.

Numbers 26:53-56
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names…

Joshua 14:1
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

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Acts 13
1. Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles.
6. Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer.
13. Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is Christ.
42. The Gentiles believe;
44. but the Jews talked abusively against Paul,
46. whereupon they turn to the Gentiles, of whom many believe.
50. The Jews raise a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, who go to Iconium.














And having vanquished
The phrase "having vanquished" refers to the decisive and complete victory that God granted to the Israelites over the Canaanite nations. The Greek word used here is "καταστροφή" (katastrophē), which implies a thorough destruction or overthrow. This victory was not merely a military conquest but a divine act of judgment against the nations that had filled the land with idolatry and immorality. It underscores God's sovereignty and His ability to fulfill His promises to His people, as He had assured Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land (Genesis 15:18-21).

seven nations
The "seven nations" mentioned here are the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, as listed in Deuteronomy 7:1. The number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection in the Bible, indicating the totality of the conquest. Historically, these nations were known for their fortified cities and advanced cultures, yet they were overcome by the Israelites through God's intervention. This serves as a reminder of the power of God to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the lives of His people.

in Canaan
Canaan was the land promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It was a region of great fertility and strategic importance, located at the crossroads of ancient civilizations. The conquest of Canaan was not just a territorial acquisition but a fulfillment of God's covenant promise. Archaeological evidence, such as the Amarna letters, provides insight into the political and social landscape of Canaan during this period, affirming the biblical narrative of a land inhabited by diverse and often hostile groups.

He gave their land
The phrase "He gave their land" emphasizes that the land was a gift from God to the Israelites. It was not earned by their own strength or righteousness but was a gracious provision from the Lord. This reflects the biblical principle that all blessings come from God and are to be received with gratitude and stewardship. The land was to be a place where the Israelites could live in obedience to God's laws and serve as a light to the surrounding nations.

to His people
"His people" refers to the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham, whom God chose to be His special possession (Deuteronomy 7:6). This choice was based on God's love and faithfulness, not on any merit of the people themselves. The Israelites were called to be a holy nation, set apart for God's purposes, and to demonstrate His character to the world. This identity as God's people carries with it both privilege and responsibility.

as an inheritance
The term "inheritance" signifies a permanent possession, passed down through generations. In the biblical context, an inheritance is not just a material possession but a spiritual legacy. The land of Canaan was to be a place where the Israelites could worship God freely and live according to His commandments. This concept of inheritance also points forward to the New Testament understanding of believers as heirs of God's promises through faith in Christ (Romans 8:17). It reminds us that our ultimate inheritance is not earthly but eternal, secured by the work of Jesus on the cross.

(19) He divided their land to them by lot.--Accepting this reading, the reference is to the command given in Numbers 26:55-56, and recorded as carried into effect in Joshua 14-19. The better MSS., however, give a kindred word, which signifies "he gave as an inheritance."

Verses 19, 20. - Canaan for Chanaan, A.V.; he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years: and after these things he gave them judges, etc., for he divided their land unto them by lot: and after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, etc., A.V. and T.R. It is difficult to say what is the meaning of the R.T. in regard to the four hundred and fifty years, what is the terminus a quo or ad quem intended by it. The usual explanations of the reading of the R.T. (adopted by Lachman, Bishop Wordsworth, and others) is that the years are dated from the birth of Isaac, and that the meaning is that the promise to give the land to the seed of Abraham was actually performed within four hundred and fifty years (ὡς ἔτεσι) (after the analogy of Galatians 3:17), which gives a good sense and is not at all improbable (see Bishop Wordsworth's note). The reading of the T.R. has grave objections on the score of chronology as well as grammar. Duration of time is expressed by the accusative case, as vers. 18 and 21; the measure of time in which a thing is done by the dative. So that the natural rendering of the T.R. would be that he gave them judges four hundred and fifty years after the entrance into Canaan; which of course cannot be the meaning. The other objection is that, if the times of the judges from the final conquest of the land to the judgeship of Samuel was four hundred and fifty years, the whole time from the Exodus to the building of the temple must have been about six hundred and forty years (37 from death of Moses to Othuiel + 450, + 30 for judgeship of Samuel, + 40 of Saul's reign, + 40 for David's reign, +3 years of Solomon, + and the 40 years in the wilderness), whereas 1 Kings 6:1 gives the time as four hundred and eighty years; while the genealogies suppose a much shorter time - about two hundred and eighty years. It is an immense gain, therefore, to get rid of this four hundred and fifty years for the time of the judges, and by the well-supported reading of the R.T. to get a calculation in agreement with Galatians 3:17 and with the chronology of the times. Gave them... for an inheritance. The T.R. has κατεκληροδότησεν, the R.T. has κατεκληρονόμησεν, which words are not infrequently interchanged in different codices of the LXX. (see Joshua 19:51; Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 21:16, etc.). They have nearly identical meanings, "to give as an inheritance by lot." Neither word occurs elsewhere in the New Testament.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

having vanquished
καθελὼν (kathelōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2507: (a) I take down, pull down, depose, destroy. From kata and haireomai; to lower demolish.

seven
ἑπτὰ (hepta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2033: Seven. A primary number; seven.

nations
ἔθνη (ethnē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Canaan,
Χανάαν (Chanaan)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5477: Of Hebrew origin; Chanaan, the early name of Palestine.

{He gave} their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

land
γῆν (gēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

[to His people] as an inheritance.
κατεκληρονόμησεν (kateklēronomēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2624: From kata and a derivative of a compound of kleros and didomi; to be a giver of lots to each, i.e. to apportion an estate.


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