The Canaanites. I. DESCENDANTS OF A WICKED FATHER . II. INHERITORS OF AN AWFUL CURSE . III. POSSESSORS OF A FAIR DOMAIN . IV. USURPERS OF ANOTHER 'S LAND . Lessons : — 1. Wicked men and nations may greatly prosper. 2. Prosperity sometimes leads to greater wickedness. 3. The greatest prosperity cannot turn aside the punishment of sin.— W . read more
And the Jebusite. Settled at and around Jerusalem ( Joshua 15:8 ; 19:10 , 19:11 ; 1 Chronicles 11:4 , 1 Chronicles 11:5 ). And the Amorite . On both sides of the Jordan, though dwelling chiefly in the Judaean mountains ( Genesis 14:7 ; Joshua 10:5 ), to which the name " mountaineer, " from "Amor," elevation (Gesenius), is supposed to refer. And the Girgasite . The name only is preserved ( Joshua 24:11 ). read more
And the Hivite . "Villagers" (Gesenius); "settlers in cities" (Ewald); their localities are mentioned in Genesis 34:2 ; Joshua 9:1 , Joshua 9:7 ; Joshua 11:3 ; 6:3 . And the Arkite . Inhabitants of Arka, a city of Phoenicia (Josephus): afterwards called Caesarea Libani; its ruins still exist at Tel Arka, at the foot of Lebanon. And the Sinite . The inhabitants of Sin. Near Arkf are a fortress named Senna, ruins called Sin, and a village designated Syn. read more
And the Arvadite ,—dwelt in Arvad, Aradus, now Ruad (Josephus)— and the Zemarite ,—Simyra, a city of Phoenicia (Bochart, Michaelis, Gesenius, Kalisch) whose ruins are still called Sumrah— and the Hamathite. The inhabitants of Hamath, called Hammath Rabbah ( Amos 6:2 ); Epiphaneia by the Greeks; now Hamah. And afterwards— i.e. subsequent to the formation of these distinct tribes by the confusion of tongues— were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad . read more
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon (its northern boundary), as thou comest — i.e. as thou goest, in the direction of— to Gerar ,—between Kadesh and Shur ( Genesis 20:1 )— unto Gaza (now called Guzzeh, at the south-west corner of Palestine); as thou gout, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim ( vide Genesis 19:24 ),—Callirrhoe (Hieronymus, Jerusalem Targum, Josephus, Rosenmüller, Keil, Kalisch); possibly a variation of Laish and Leshem, a Sidonian city... read more
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations ( vide Genesis 10:5 ). read more
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber ,—as Ham of Canaan ( Genesis 9:22 ; vide Genesis 9:24 )— the brother of Japheth the elder. Either the eldest brother of Japheth (Syriac, Arabic, Vulgate, Gesenius, Rosenmüller, Kalisch); or the brother of Japheth who was older ( LXX ; Symmachus, Onkelos, Raschi, Aben Ezra, Luther, Clerieus, Michaelis, Dathe); or the elder of Japheth's brothers, as distinguished from Ham the younger, i.e. the son who was older than Ham, But... read more
The children of Shem were twenty-six in number, of whom five were sons. Elam . Elymais, a region adjoining Snaiana and Media, stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Rod Sea; the people first met with as Persians. And Asshur . The ancestor of the Assyrians (vide Genesis 10:11 ). And Arphaxad . A region in the north of Assyria; the Arrhapacitis of Ptolemy (Rosenmüller, Keil, Kalisch). The explanation of the name is "fortress of the Chaldaeans ' (Ewald); "highland of the Chaldaeans"... read more
- XXXII. Ham6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser, “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr, “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “perhaps double Egypt, lower and upper.” פוּט pûṭ, “Put, troubled.”7. סבא sebā', “Seba, drinking (man, Ethiopian).” סבתה sabtâh, “Sabtah.” רעמה ra‛mâh, “Ra‘mah, shaking, trembling.” סבתכא sabtekā', “Sabtekha.” שׁבא shēbā', “Sheba, captive?” דדן dedān, “Dedan, going slowly?”8. נמרד nı̂mrod, “Nimrod, strong, rebel.”10. בבל... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn . A famous commercial and maritime town on the coast of Syria ( 1 Kings 5:6 ; 1 Chronicles 22:4 ; Isaiah 23:2 , Isaiah 23:4 , Isaiah 23:12 ; Ezekiel 27:8 ); here including Tyre. From the mention of the circumstance that Sidon was Canaan's firstborn, we may infer that in the rest of the table the order of seniority is not followed. And Heth . The father of the Hittites ( Genesis 23:3 , Genesis 23:5 ), identified by Egyptologers with... read more