Genesis 10:15-19 New English Translation
15 Canaan was the father of[a] Sidon his firstborn,[b] Heth,[c] 16 the Jebusites,[d] Amorites,[e] Girgashites,[f] 17 Hivites,[g] Arkites,[h] Sinites,[i] 18 Arvadites,[j] Zemarites,[k] and Hamathites.[l] Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan extended[m] from Sidon all the way to[n] Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to[o] Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
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- Genesis 10:15 tn Heb “fathered.”
- Genesis 10:15 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
- Genesis 10:15 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.
- Genesis 10:16 sn The Jebusites were the Canaanite inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem.
- Genesis 10:16 sn Here Amorites refers to smaller groups of Canaanite inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Palestine, rather than the large waves of Amurru, or western Semites, who migrated to the region.
- Genesis 10:16 sn The Girgashites are an otherwise unknown Canaanite tribe, though the name is possibly mentioned in Ugaritic texts (see G. J. Wenham, Genesis [WBC], 1:226).
- Genesis 10:17 sn The Hivites were Canaanite tribes of a Hurrian origin.
- Genesis 10:17 sn The Arkites lived in Arka, a city in Lebanon, north of Sidon.
- Genesis 10:17 sn The Sinites lived in Sin, another town in Lebanon.
- Genesis 10:18 sn The Arvadites lived in the city Arvad, located on an island near the mainland close to the river El Kebir.
- Genesis 10:18 sn The Zemarites lived in the town Sumur, north of Arka.
- Genesis 10:18 sn The Hamathites lived in Hamath on the Orontes River.
- Genesis 10:19 tn Heb “were.”
- Genesis 10:19 tn Heb “as you go.”
- Genesis 10:19 tn Heb “as you go.”
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