In Genesis 13:7, 34:30 and Judges 1:45 the pre-Israelite peoples are designated simply as Canaanites and Perizzites. Ezekiel, in describing Jerusalems origins, says, Canaan is the land of your ancestry and there you were born; an Amorite was your father and a Hittite your mother. (Ezekiel 16:3. See also Ezekiel 16:45.) Thus, it would seem that in varying traditions either Amorite or Canaanite could be used as a designation for the entire Semitic element of Palestine while Perizzite or Hittite could be used for the non-Semitic groups.
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