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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
descendants
of
Canaan
the
son
of
Ham
, of whom the
Jebusites
, the Amorites, the
Girgashites
, the
Hivites
, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites were branches.
They
were “spread abroad, and the border of the Canaanites was from
Sidon
, as thou comest to
Gerar
, unto
Gaza
: as thou goest unto
Sodom
and
Gomorrha
, and
Admah
, and
Zeboim
,
even
unto
Lasha
” (
Gen. 10:15-19
15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. (Genesis 10:15‑19)
). In
Genesis 15:18-21
18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. (Genesis 15:18‑21)
, where the land promised to
Abram
extends to the
river
Euphrates
,
there
are
ten
nations mentioned: the
Kenites
, the
Kenizzites
, the
Kadmonites
, the
Hittites
, the Perizzites, the Rephaims, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites (
Deut. 7:1
1
When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; (Deuteronomy 7:1)
;
Josh. 3:10
10
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. (Joshua 3:10)
). Here and elsewhere the Canaanites are
only
one people of
many
; whereas in
other
places the term Canaanite appears to include any of the inhabitants of Canaan, as in
Joshua 17:12-13
12
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. (Joshua 17:12‑13)
;
Nehemiah 9:24
24
So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. (Nehemiah 9:24)
;
Obadiah 20
20
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. (Obadiah 20)
and
Zechariah 14:21
21
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts. (Zechariah 14:21)
. The same
Hebrew
word is translated “merchant” (
Job 41:6
6
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? (Job 41:6)
;
Prov. 31:24
24
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. (Proverbs 31:24)
;
Isa. 23:8
8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose trafficers are the honorable of the earth? (Isaiah 23:8)
); so the
passage
in
Zechariah 14:21
21
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts. (Zechariah 14:21)
may signify “there shall no more be the merchant in the
house
of the
Lord
of hosts” (compare
John 2:16
16
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. (John 2:16)
).
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