Before entering Canaan, the land that God had promised to Abraham, the Israelites were told: “Jehovah your God will certainly abandon [seven nations] to you, and you must defeat them. You should without fail devote them to destruction.
فقد قيل للاسرائيليين قبل دخولهم ارض كنعان ،‏ الارض التي وعد الله إبراهيم بها :‏ « يسلِّم يهوه الهك [سبع امم] اليك ،‏ فتهزمهم وتحرِّمهم للهلاك .‏