Genesis 10:15
in Genesis 10And 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 Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verse 15.) And Canaan begot his firstborn Sidon, and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites, and the Hivites, and the Arkites, and the Sinites, and the Arvadites, and the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. From Canaan, Sidon was born, from whom the city of Sidon in Phoenicia is named. Then the Arkite, who founded Ark, a town situated opposite Tripolis at the roots of Mount Lebanon. Not far from there was another city named Sini, which, after various events of war, was destroyed and only retained its original name.
This site's exposition
Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn
on Genesis 10:15-18
Canaan's sons are the nations Israel would later meet in the land, Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites and Hivites. John Wesley notes this line is set out most particularly. The only ground Abraham ever owns in the land of promise is the cave at Machpelah, bought from the Hittites in chapter 23, and it is a grave.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth, and the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The account of the posterity of Canaan, and the land they possessed is more particular than of any other in this chapter, because these were the nations that were to be subdued before Israel, and their land was to become Immanuel's land.
The account of the posterity of Canaan, and the land they possessed is more particular than of any other in this chapter, because these were the nations that were to be subdued before Israel, and their land was to become Immanuel's land.
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Sidon - Who probably built the city of this name, and was the father of the Sidonians. Heth - From whom came the Hittites, so remarkable among the Canaanitish nations.
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 |
| צִידֹ֥ן | tzidon | Sidon | H6721 → | 22 times |
| בְּכֹר֖וֹ | bekhoro | firstborn his | H1060 → | 122 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֵֽת׃ | chet | Heth | H2845 → | 14 times |
וּכְנַ֗עַןand Canaan
ukhenaanH3667 →94 times
יָלַ֛דhe fathered
yaladH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
צִידֹ֥ןSidon
tzidonH6721 →22 times
בְּכֹר֖וֹfirstborn his
bekhoroH1060 →122 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֵֽת׃Heth
chetH2845 →14 times
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
Exodus 34:11Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
it leads to
- Exodus 33:2
And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
- Deuteronomy 6:25
And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
- Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers,…
- Genesis 15:18–21
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Exodus 33:2
Through
Genesis 23:3Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
it leads to
- Genesis 27:46
Then 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?”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 27:46
Through
1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
it leads to
- Genesis 9:25–26
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
- Genesis 10:15–19
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- Genesis 9:25–26
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.