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- Chapter 10
- Verse 15
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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…
- 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…
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.
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,…
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,…
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