1:28a When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor,

When the Israelites grew stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves.
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Later, the people of Israel became powerful. So they made the people of Canaan be slaves ⌊to work for them⌋ .

1:28b but they never drove them out completely.

But they could not force all the people of Canaan to leave their land.
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But they were not able to send them away completely.

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