Genesis 10:17
in Genesis 10the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
KJV
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
⋯
This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the Hivite,.... These dwelt in Hermon, a part of Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath, Jos 11:3 to the east of the land of Canaan; hence they were sometimes called Kadmonites, or Easterlings, Gen 15:19 and are thought to have their name from dwelling in holes and caves like serpents; hence Cadmus the Phoenician, and his wife Hermonia, who seem to have their names from hence, are reported to be turned into serpents, they being Hivites, which this word signifies, as Bochart (i) observes.
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. John Wesley notes that this line is set out more particularly than any other. The only ground Abraham ever owns in the land of promise is the cave at Machpelah, bought from the Hittites in chapter 23.
This site's exposition
the Hivites, the Arkites
The Hivites of Shechem and Gibeon are among the Canaanite clans Israel later meets in the land. John Gill places them under Hermon. Jerome sets the Arkites and Sinites near Tripolis, north of Sidon on the coast.
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 words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽחִוִּ֥י | hachivi | the Hivite[s] | H2340 → | 25 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽעַרְקִ֖י | haarki | the Arkite[s] | H6208 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַסִּינִֽי׃ | hasini | the Sinite[s] | H5513 → |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַֽחִוִּ֥יthe Hivite[s]
hachiviH2340 →25 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַֽעַרְקִ֖יthe Arkite[s]
haarkiH6208 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַסִּינִֽי׃the Sinite[s]
hasiniH5513 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 34:2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
it leads to
- Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Job 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- Judges 14:1
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
- Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Job 31:9
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
- Matthew 5:28
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.