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GIRGASHITES
Canaanite tribe (Gn 10:16; 1 Chr 1:14) whose land was promised to Abraham (Gn 15:21; Dt 7:1; Jos 3:10) and was ultimately acquired (Jos 24:11; Neh 9:8). The tribe’s location is unknown, though they may have lived in Karkisha, a city mentioned in Hittite texts, or in Kirkishati, an area east of the Tigris. The name Gresh appeared in 13th century BC Ugaritic texts and might indicate a tribe. In Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; and Luke 8:26, a name variously translated as “Gergesenes” (KJB), “Gerasenes,” and “Gadarenes” may preserve the tradition of Girgashite occupation of Palestine.