1 Chronicles 1:13
in 1 Chronicles 1And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
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ASV
And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
KJV
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
This site's exposition
The sons of Ham
on 1 Chronicles 1:8-16
In fifty-four verses of names the narrator breaks pattern only twice, and the first is here: Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth, one clause of story kept from Gen 10:8 while everything around it is trimmed to names. What survives the Chronicler's compression is by that fact marked as freight. The line runs on through Mizraim and Canaan, whose peoples fill the conquest narratives already built.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
3 ), and cast out all these nations before them, Ps. lxx. He then gives an account of those that were the ancestors and allies of the church, the posterity of Shem,
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), contain the sacred line of Christ from Adam to Abraham, and are inserted in his pedigree, Luke iii. 34-38 , the order ascending as here it descends. This genealogy proves the falsehood of that reproach, As for this man, we know not whence he is.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Canaan begat Zidon - “Canaan begat Bothniam, his first-born, who built Sidon.” - T.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And Canaan begot, etc. They are eleven, and with Canaan they are twelve. This is what is written: “He set up the boundaries of the peoples.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Pathrusim Pathrusim of the sea; Casluhim, Casluhim of the sea; Philistines, Philistines of the sea.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 1 further source is cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּכְנַ֗עַן | ukhenaan | and Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
| יָלַ֛ד | yalad | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| צִיד֥וֹן | tzidon | Sidon | H6721 → | |
| בְּכֹר֖וֹ | bekhoro | firstborn his | H1060 → | 122 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֵֽת׃ | chet | Heth | H2845 → |
וּכְנַ֗עַןand Canaan
ukhenaanH3667 →94 times
יָלַ֛דhe fathered
yaladH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
צִיד֥וֹןSidon
tzidonH6721 →
בְּכֹר֖וֹfirstborn his
bekhoroH1060 →122 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֵֽת׃Heth
chetH2845 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
it leads to
- Proverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
- Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
- Matthew 18:15
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- Proverbs 30:17
Through
Genesis 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?”
it leads to
- Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites…
- Genesis 26:34–35
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- Genesis 28:8
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
- Genesis 34:1–2
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 24:3
Through
Genesis 23:20So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:10–14
I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
- Jeremiah 32:10–14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.