Heth, son of Canaan
The name Heth means “trembling; fear.” Heth is mentioned in 12 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 10:15.
Family of Heth
Who was Heth?
Dread, a descendant of Canaan, and the ancestor of the Hittites (Gen. 10:18; Deut. 7:1), who dwelt in the vicinity of Hebron (Gen. 23:3, 7). The Hittites were a Hamitic race. They are called “the sons of Heth” (Gen. 23:3, 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Heth
- Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
- Genesis 23:7
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
- Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
- Genesis 23:20
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
- Genesis 27:46
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
- 1 Chronicles 1:13
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,