King James Version

Acts 13:19

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to them” (αὐτοῖς) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andκαθελὼνkathelōnwhen he had destroyedκαθαιρέω (kathaireō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “when he had destroyed”, a single actionG2507(a) I take down, pull down, depose, destroy.when he had destroyedἔθνηethnēnationsἔθνος (ethnos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “nations”, the object formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.nationsἑπτὰheptasevenἑπτάadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “seven”, the object formG2033seven.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inγῇgēlandγῆnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “land”, the to- or for-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.the landΧανάανchanaanof ChanaanΧανάανnoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of Chanaan”, the of-formG5477Canaan, the whole of Palestine or Palestine west of the river Jordan.of Chanaanκατεκληρονόμησενkateklēronomēsenhe dividedκατακληρονομέω (kataklēronomeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he divided”, a single actionG2624I give as an inheritance, distribute by lot.he dividedτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnlandγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “land”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.landαὐτῶνautōnto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “to them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.to them

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῖςautoistheirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “their”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:

Young’s Literal Translation

and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

World English Bible

When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four hundred fifty years.

Darby Translation

And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

Douay-Rheims

And destroying seven nations in the land of Chanaan, divided their land among them, by lot,

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