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Canaan

Canaan, the son of Ham, was the father of Sidon, Heth, and other Canaanite tribes.

The name Canaan means “merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues”

MaleEarly PatriarchPatriarchs eraOld Testament2 books9 verses

Summary

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 9:18; only referred to as Canaan (כְּנַ֫עַן); son of Ham; a brother of Cush, Egypt and Put; father of Sidon, Heth, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.

Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Canaan, Canaanite

Family members

Father

Ham

Siblings

Cush Egypt Put

Children

Amorites Arkites Arvadites Girgashites Hamathites Heth Hivites Jebusites Sidon Sinites Zemarites

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Genesis 9:18
    The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
  2. Genesis 9:22
    And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
  3. Genesis 9:25
    …he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
  4. Genesis 9:26
    He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
  5. Genesis 9:27
    May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
  6. Genesis 10:6
    The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  7. Genesis 10:15
    And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
  8. 1 Chronicles 1:8
    The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  9. 1 Chronicles 1:13
    And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,