Early villagers stand near their stone dwellings on a grassy plain as a group of distant travelers approaches from the coast.

Nation

The Avvim

A people who lived in villages near Gaza before the Caphtorites displaced them.

A people who lived in villages near Gaza before the Caphtorites displaced them. Scripture first names the group at Deuteronomy 2:23.

The people in Scripture

A people who lived in villages near Gaza before the Caphtorites displaced them.

Biblical record

Their first recorded mention is Deuteronomy 2:23. Later references on this page describe the group’s place, actions, or descendants as Scripture presents them.

Scripture names this people collectively but does not identify an individual member in the current records.