And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
Parallel translations
- WEB Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,
- KJV And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
- NKJV Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth;
- NASB Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
- NLT Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,
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Quick answer
Canaan fathers Sidon and Heth, heads of peoples who would later occupy the land promised to Israel.
Overview
Canaan's line, from Genesis 10:15, names the inhabitants of the land God would give to Abraham's descendants. The Chronicler's list quietly anticipates the conquest, when these peoples were dispossessed because of their sin (Genesis 15:16; Deuteronomy 9:5). The promise of the land stands behind this genealogy as a witness to God's covenant faithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Gen 10:15–19And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- Gen 9:25–26he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
- Gen 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
- Gen 49:30–32The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
- Gen 23:20So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
- Exod 23:28I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
- Gen 23:3Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
- Gen 27:46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
- Josh 9:1Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
- 2 Sam 11:6At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
- Gen 23:5The Hittites replied to Abraham,
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