(dwelling on a clayey soil), The, one of the nations who were in possession of Canaan east of the Sea of Galilee before the entrance thither of the children of Israel. (Genesis 10:16; 15:21; 7:1)
Girgashites
The Girgashites are one of the peoples who lived in Canaan before Israel arrived, and they are named only in lists. God tells Abraham in Genesis 15 that his descendants will receive the land of the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites. Deuteronomy 7:1 counts “seven nations greater and mightier” than Israel, and Joshua uses the same names when he says the living God will drive them out. We are told nothing else about this people, not a king or a city. They are a reminder that the promise to Abraham was given into a land already full of neighbors.
4 verses
Genesis
Genesis 15:21
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Joshua
Joshua 3:10
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Joshua 24:11
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884