1)

Who was the Mal'ach who helped defeat the six above-mentioned nations?

1.

Seforno: He was the Sar Tz'va Hashem who appeared to Yehoshua 1 before the conquest began.

1

Refer to Yehoshua, 5:13-14.

2)

Why does the Torah omit the Girgashi from list of the seven nations that comprise Eretz Cana'an?

1.

Rashi: Because the current list incorporates those nations that Hashem's angel was destined to drive out of the land, and did not include the Girgashi, who fled of their own accord. 1

1

See also Ba'al ha'Turim, 32:34.

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