“And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:”
So the Israelites lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; — The cohabitation formula establishes the settled reality: rather than complete displacement of pre-Israelite populations, Israel and Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites shared territorial space and settlements. The term 'lived among' indicates not isolated Israelite enclaves but integrated settlement patterns.
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