If Yahweh were racist, he would punish only other nations, not his own. God granted Israel the land, but he also removed them from the land, despite his promise to them, because they were wicked just like the Canaanites. The reason he did not give the land fully to Abraham earlier is that the iniquity of the inhabitants was “not yet complete” (Gen 15:16). So, even though the residents of Canaan deserved punishment hundreds of years earlier, God was gracious and slow to anger, giving them centuries to repent (see chapter two, “Angry or Loving?”). Part of our problem with the conquest narratives
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Punishment is a consistent theme in te Bible, so ee have to read punishment naeratives through this lens.
