Genesis 10 · Verse 15

Genesis 10:15

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

Genesis 10:15 in other translations

BSBAnd Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
WEBCanaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
ASVAnd Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
YLTAnd Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
DARBY— And Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
BBEAnd Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth,
WebsterAnd Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

What does Genesis 10:15 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:15-32
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always terribly. Perhaps it is a secret curse, a curse to the soul, and does not work so that others can see it; or a slow curse, and does not work soon; but sinners are reserved by it for a day of wrath Canaan here has a better land than either Shem or Japheth, and yet they have a better lot, for they inherit the blessing. Abram and his seed, God's covenant people, descended from Eber, and from him were called Hebrews. How much better it is to be like Eber, the father of a family of saints and honest men, than the father of a family of hunters after power, worldly wealth, or vanities. Goodness is true greatness.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 10:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּכְנַ֗עַןu.khe.Na.'anand CanaanH3667
יָלַ֛דya.Ladhe fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
צִידֹ֥ןtzi.DonSidonH6721
בְּכֹר֖וֹbe.kho.Rofirstborn hisH1060
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
חֵֽת\׃ChetHethH2845

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 10:15

  • Numbers 34:2-15

    Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon: And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. …

  • Exodus 34:11

    Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:13

    And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

  • Genesis 23:3

    And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

  • Genesis 15:18-21

    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: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

  • Genesis 28:3-20

    And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; …

  • Joshua 11:8

    And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

  • Exodus 3:8

    And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • Genesis 49:13

    Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

  • Joshua 12:8-24

    In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth–el, one; The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; …

  • Isaiah 23:4

    Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

  • 2 Samuel 11:3

    And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Canaan.
1Ch 1:13
Sidon. Heb. Tzidon.
49:13; Jos 11:8; Isa 23:4
Zidon. Heth.
15:18-21; 28:3-20; Ex 3:8; 34:11; Nu 34:2-15; Jos 12:8-24; 2Sa 11:3

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Context

  • Genesis 10:14

    And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

  • Genesis 10:16

    And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

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Genesis 10:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Canaán engendró á Sidón, su primogénito, y á Heth,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et Canaan engendra Sidon, son premier-né, et Heth,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Kanaan zeugte Zidon, seinen Erstgeborenen, und Heth,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Chanaan autem genuit Sidonem primogenitum suum. Hethæum,