biblical writers at times use sweeping generalizations that are not intended to be precise. For instance, Genesis 15:16 and Joshua 7:7 referred to the occupants of the land as “Amorites” when it is abundantly clear that there were other ethnic groups in the land.7 The term “Canaanite” is also used in the same imprecise way (Gen 12:6; 28:1, 6).
