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Genesis 10:15

Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn,.... Canaan is the fourth son of Ham; the posterity of Phut, his third son, are omitted: the firstborn of Canaan was Sidon, from whom the city of Sidon had its…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 10:6-20

- XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser, “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr, “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “perhaps double Egypt, lower and…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Sidon - Who probably built the city of this name, and was the father of the Sidonians.

Heth - From whom came the Hittites, so remarkable among the Canaanitish nations.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Canaan Observe that we pass from Cush and Mizraim to Canaan, the fourth son of Ham; omitting Put, the third son in Gen 10:10.

Zidon his firstborn "Firstborn"; i.e. the capital, and most ancient city,…