Verse 29

I will not drive them out{H1644}{(H8762)} from before{H6440} thee in one{H259} year{H8141}; lest the land{H776} become desolate{H8077}, and the beast{H2416} of the field{H7704} multiply{H7227} against thee.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 7:22 : 22 And the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} will put out{H5394}{(H8804)} those{H411} nations{H1471} before{H6440} thee by little{H4592} and little{H4592}: thou mayest{H3201}{(H8799)} not consume{H3615}{(H8763)} them at once{H4118}, lest the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} increase{H7235}{(H8799)} upon thee.
• Judg 3:1-4 : 1 Now these are the nations{H1471} which the LORD{H3068} left{H3240}{(H8689)}, to prove{H5254}{(H8763)} Israel{H3478} by them, even as many of Israel as had not known{H3045}{(H8804)} all the wars{H4421} of Canaan{H3667}; 2 Only that{H7535} the generations{H1755} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} might know{H3045}{(H8800)}, to teach{H3925}{(H8763)} them war{H4421}, at the least such as before{H6440} knew{H3045}{(H8804)} nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five{H2568} lords{H5633} of the Philistines{H6430}, and all the Canaanites{H3669}, and the Sidonians{H6722}, and the Hivites{H2340} that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in mount{H2022} Lebanon{H3844}, from mount{H2022} Baalhermon{H1179} unto the entering in{H935}{(H8800)} of Hamath{H2574}. 4 And they were to prove{H5254}{(H8763)} Israel{H3478} by them, to know{H3045}{(H8800)} whether they would hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068}, which he commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} their fathers{H1} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}.
• Josh 15:63 : 63 As for the Jebusites{H2983} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}, the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} could{H3201}{(H8804)}{(H8675)}{H3201}{(H8799)} not drive them out{H3423}{(H8687)}: but the Jebusites{H2983} dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} with the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} at Jerusalem{H3389} unto this day{H3117}.
• Josh 16:10 : 10 And they drave not out{H3423}{(H8689)} the Canaanites{H3669} that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in Gezer{H1507}: but the Canaanites{H3669} dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} among{H7130} the Ephraimites{H669} unto this day{H3117}, and serve{H5647}{(H8802)} under tribute{H4522}.
• Josh 17:12-13 : 12 Yet the children{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} could{H3201}{(H8804)} not drive out{H3423}{(H8687)} the inhabitants of those cities{H5892}; but the Canaanites{H3669} would{H2974}{(H8686)} dwell{H3427}{(H8800)} in that land{H776}. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were waxen strong{H2388}{(H8804)}, that they put{H5414}{(H8799)} the Canaanites{H3669} to tribute{H4522}; but did not utterly{H3423}{(H8687)} drive them out{H3423}{(H8689)}.