Perizzites
The Perizzites are listed with the Canaanites in Abram's time and in the covenant peoples list, and Jacob fears their reprisal after the Shechem massacre in Genesis 34.
- Meaning
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- Occupation
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- First mention
- Genesis 13:7
Scripture references
- Genesis 13:7
Dispute broke out between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and those of Lot. (The Canaanites and Perizzites were living in the country at the time.)
- Genesis 15:20
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
- Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, 'You have done me an ill turn by bringing me into bad odour with the people of the region, the Canaanites and the Perizzites...'