Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth;
Parallel translations
- WEB Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,
- KJV And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
- BSB And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- 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
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- Gen 10:15–19Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
- Gen 9:25–26He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
- Gen 9:22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
- Gen 49:30–32in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
- Gen 23:20The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.
- Exod 23:28I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
- Gen 23:3Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
- Gen 27:46Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”
- Josh 9:1When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it
- 2 Sam 11:6David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
- Gen 23:5The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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