Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Genesis 10:16 ), one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites (Genesis 15:21; Deuteronomy 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.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Girgashite'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/g/girgashite.html. 1897.

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