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conjecture_v of_o several_a other_o name_n 3._o it_o be_v pretend_v that_o the_o follow_a passage_n and_o the_o canaanite_n be_v then_o in_o the_o land_n chap._n 12.6_o can_v only_o come_v from_o a_o writer_n who_o live_v after_o the_o canaanite_n be_v turn_v out_o of_o their_o country_n but_o what_o judgement_n be_v to_o be_v make_v of_o these_o word_n we_o have_v sufficient_o show_v in_o our_o rest_n our_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o out_o of_o the_o eleven_o family_n of_o the_o canaanite_n some_o of_o they_o be_v call_v so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d above_o the_o rest_n who_o inhabit_v these_o place_n and_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o canaanite_n be_v often_o mention_v as_o a_o particular_a tribe_n see_v gen._n 13.7_o chap._n 15.21_o exod._n 3.8_o 17._o chap._n 33.2_o chap._n 34.11_o and_o elsewhere_o but_o then_o they_o be_v express_o say_v to_o have_v live_v near_o the_o sea_n and_o near_o jordan_n but_o not_o at_o sichem_n however_o perhaps_o they_o dwell_v 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