Genesis 10:19
in Genesis 10and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.
KJV
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 19.) And the boundary of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, as far as Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha. These are the cities of Sidon and Gerar, and Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboiim, which are known to all, but it is important to note that Lasha itself is now called Callirhoe, where the hot springs flow into the Dead Sea.
This site's exposition
the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon
on Genesis 10:19-20
The border drawn here is the country Abram will be promised. Sidon, Gaza and Lasha mark its edges, and Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim sit inside it as living cities. That is three chapters before Lot pitches his tent toward Sodom and nine before the fire falls.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
And the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon as one enters Gerar, reaching to Gaza, until one enters Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. The ancient translation has Lyce for Lasha.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon,....
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִ֞י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| גְּב֤וּל | gevul | [the] border of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| מִצִּידֹ֔ן | mitzidon | from Sidon | H6721 → | 22 times |
| בֹּאֲכָ֥ה | boakhah | going you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| גְרָ֖רָה | gerarah | Gerar towards | H1642 → | 10 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עַזָּ֑ה | ʾazah | Gaza | H5804 → | |
| בֹּאֲכָ֞ה | boakhah | going you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| סְדֹ֧מָה | sedomah | Sodom towards | H5467 → | 39 times |
| וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה | vaamorah | and Gomorrah | H6017 → | 19 times |
| וְאַדְמָ֥ה | veadmah | and Admah | H126 → | 5 times |
| וּצְבֹיִ֖ם | utzevoyim | and Zeboiim | H6636 → | 5 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| לָֽשַׁע׃ | lasha' | Lasha | H3962 → |
וַֽיְהִ֞יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
גְּב֤וּל[the] border of
gevulH1366 →240 times
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙the Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
מִצִּידֹ֔ןfrom Sidon
mitzidonH6721 →22 times
בֹּאֲכָ֥הgoing you
boakhahH935 →2568 times
גְרָ֖רָהGerar towards
gerarahH1642 →10 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
עַזָּ֑הGaza
ʾazahH5804 →
בֹּאֲכָ֞הgoing you
boakhahH935 →2568 times
סְדֹ֧מָהSodom towards
sedomahH5467 →39 times
וַעֲמֹרָ֛הand Gomorrah
vaamorahH6017 →19 times
וְאַדְמָ֥הand Admah
veadmahH126 →5 times
וּצְבֹיִ֖םand Zeboiim
utzevoyimH6636 →5 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
לָֽשַׁע׃Lasha
lasha'H3962 →
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
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
it leads to
- Acts 17:26
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Genesis 11:8–9
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
- Daniel 4:17
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it…
- Psalms 115:16
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
- 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—
- Acts 17:26
Through
Genesis 14:2went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
it leads to
- Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was…
- Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…
- Genesis 13:10
Through
Judges 16:1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
- Joshua 15:47
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Genesis
Who and where
4 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceCities of the plainGomorrahSodom's sister city, destroyed with it by fire as a byword of judgment.
- PlaceThe LevantCanaanThe land God promised to Abraham's seed, walked and marked with altars by the patriarchs and possessed under Joshua four centuries…
- PlacePhilistine coastGazaChief Philistine city of the coastal road, judged in Amos 1:6-8 and Zephaniah 2:4; scene of Samson's end (Judg 16).
- PlaceCities of the plainSodomThe city of the plain that Abraham pleaded for and that fire from heaven destroyed while Lot fled, named by the prophets, by Peter…
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).