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It does say they fought Canaanites. It specifies that they were Amorites, and names the cities.
by wbhart 9y ago
It does say they fought Canaanites. It specifies that they were Amorites, and names the cities.
- posterboy 9y agoNames for enemies weren't always exact and rather name general directions of the wind instead of particular tribes. From the dead sea, canaan and egypt seem close enough to be confused.
- wbhart 9y agoUnless you think those Canaanite cities were in Egypt, I'd say the details are given pretty precisely. The book is actually online; you can easily check that there's no chance this was talking about Egypt.