And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
Parallel translations
- WEB Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
- BSB And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- 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 fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth. These are ancestors of peoples Israel would later encounter in the promised land.
Overview
Canaan's descendants populate the land later promised to Israel, including the Hittites and the Sidonians. The listing connects the earlier curse on Canaan to the nations Israel would dispossess. These names anchor the Table of Nations to the land of promise, where God's redemptive purposes would advance toward the coming of Christ.
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- Exod 34:11Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- Num 34:2–15Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
- Gen 23:3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
- 1 Chr 1:13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
- Gen 15:18–21In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Gen 28:3–20And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
- Isa 23:4Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
- Josh 11:8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
- 2 Sam 11:3And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
- Exod 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- Gen 49:13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
- Josh 12:8–24In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
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