Genesis 10:17 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 10:15-20

Observe here, 1. The account of the posterity of Canaan, of the families and nations that descended from him, and of the land they possessed, is more particular than of any other in this chapter, because these were the nations that were to be subdued before Israel, and their land was in process of time to become the holy land, Immanuel's land; and this God had an eye to when, in the mean time, he cast the lot of that accursed devoted race in that spot of ground which he had selected for his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 10:17

And the Hivite ,.... These dwelt in Hermon, a part of Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath, Joshua 11:3 to the east of the land of Canaan; hence they were sometimes called Kadmonites, or Easterlings, Genesis 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:1-32

PART II . THE POST - DILUVIAN AGE OF THE WORLD . CH . 10:1-11:26. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAM . § 5. THE GENERATIONS or THE SONS OF NOAH ( CH . 10:1-11:9). I. THE historical credibility of the present section has been challenged. 1. On account of a fancied resemblance to the ethnographic mythologies of Greece, the genealogical table of the nations has been relegated to the category of fictitious invention. It has been assigned by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:15-19

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:17

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 10:6-20

- 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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 10:1-32

10:1-11:26 GENEALOGIES FROM NOAH TO ABRAMNations descended from Noah (10:1-32)This genealogy must have been written hundreds of years after the time of Noah, when his descendants had multiplied and moved to many places. By that time differences in language, race and culture were noticeable. The purpose of the listing here is to trace the origin of these groups, not to name every single descendant of Noah.Again the genealogy is simplified, being based on a selection of seventy descendants. Most... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 10:15-20

"Canaan ..." This was the grandson of Noah whom that patriarch cursed for his despicable behavior during the event of Noah's drunkenness, and it should be noted that none of Canaan's posterity could be identified with the Negro race, who were actually descended from Ham, not from Canaan. Moreover, their homeland was not primarily Africa, but Palestine, from Sidon to Sodom and Gomorrah. They were the pre-Israelite Canaanites, notorious for their sexual debauchery, their vile sex gods, and the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 10:1-32

The Nations descended from NoahThis section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived by the early Hebrews. Before passing to the history of the chosen race, the author traces the ties by which the rest of mankind are united with his own people, and shows the position of Israel among the nations. Each nation is regarded as a unity, and is summed up in the person of its supposed ancestor. The nations being treated as individuals, it... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 10:15-18

(15-18) Canaan.—The meaning of this name is uncertain, as, most probably, it is a Hamitic word: if derived from a Semitic root, it may mean the lowland. Though the Canaanites spoke a Semitic tongue at the time when we find them in Palestine, yet the assertion of the Bible that they were Hamites is confirmed by the testimony of profane writers, who say that their original home was on the Indian Ocean. They had probably been driven thence by the pressure of Semitic races, with whose language they... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 10:15-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 10:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:15-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 10:6-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 10:1-32

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 10:15-20

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 10:1-32

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 10:15-18

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