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.”
Genesis 10:15-19
New International Version
15 Canaan(A) was the father of
Sidon(B) his firstborn,[a](C) and of the Hittites,(D) 16 Jebusites,(E) Amorites,(F) Girgashites,(G) 17 Hivites,(H) Arkites, Sinites, 18 Arvadites,(I) Zemarites and Hamathites.(J)
Later the Canaanite(K) clans scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan(L) reached from Sidon(M) toward Gerar(N) as far as Gaza,(O) and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,(P) as far as Lasha.
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- Genesis 10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost
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