Deuteronomy 7:22NET Bible
He, the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you.
Related Verses
Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
Genesis 3:23
So the LORD God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.
Genesis 10:5
From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.
Genesis 10:31
These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.