KJV King James Version
But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
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Judges 1:32
But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
WEB World English Bible
but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
ASV American Standard Version
but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the Asherite dwelleth in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land, for it hath not dispossessed them.
Surrounding context — Judges 1
29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
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וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙H3427 · ya.shavto dwellהָאָ֣שֵׁרִ֔יH843 · a.she.riAsheriteבְּקֶ֥רֶבH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יH3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaaniteיֹשְׁבֵ֣יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכִּ֖יH3588 · kiforלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotהוֹרִישֽׁוֹ׃ סH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possess
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