Two ancient shepherds stand with their livestock near a stone well in an arid valley featuring distant mud-brick dwellings and rocky hills.

Nation

The Perizzites

A people living in Canaan from the time of Abraham and later listed among the nations Israel encountered.

A people living in Canaan from the time of Abraham and later listed among the nations Israel encountered. Scripture first names the group at Genesis 13:7.

The people in Scripture

A people living in Canaan from the time of Abraham and later listed among the nations Israel encountered.

Biblical record

Their first recorded mention is Genesis 13:7. 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.