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Canaan Scripture - Genesis 46:31

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which [were] in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;...

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Canaan Scripture - Numbers 35:14

Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, [which] shall be cities of refuge....

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Canaan Scripture - Joshua 22:9

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses....

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Canaan in Wikipedia

(Phoenician: or 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍, Kanaʻn; Hebrew: כְּנָעַן Kənáʻan; Arabic: كنعان Kanʻān) is an ancient term for a region encompassing modern-day Israel, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Jordan, Syria and northeastern Egypt. In the Hebrew Bible, the "Land of Canaan" extends fro...

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Canaan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) The fourth son of Ham (Gen. 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father (9:22-27). His eldest son, Zidon, was the father of the Sidonians and Phoenicians. He had eleven sons, who were the founders of as many tribes (10:15-18). (2.) The country which derived its name from the preceding. ...

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Canaan in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

From Ham came four main races; Cush (Ethiopia), Mizraim (Egypt), Phut (Nubia), and Canaan (originally before Abraham extending from Hamath in the N. to Gaza in the S.), comprising six chief tribes, the Hittites, Hivites, Amorites, Jebusites, Perizzites, and Girgashites; to which the Canaanites (in the narrow sense) being added make up the myst...

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Canaan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues...

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Canaan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(Ca'nan) (low, flat). 1. The fourth son of Ham, Ge 10:6; 1Ch 1:8 the progenitor of the Phoenicians [ZIDON], and of the various nations who before the Israelite conquest people the seacoast of Israel, and generally the while of the country westward of the Jordan. Ge 10:13; 1Ch 1:13 (B.C. 2347.) 2. The name "Canaan" is sometimes employed for t...

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Canaan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ka'-nan, ka'-nan-its (kena`an; Chanaan): 1. Geography 2. Meaning of the Name 3. The Results of Recent Excavations 4. History (1) Stone Age (2) Bronze Age (3) A Babylonian Province (4) Jerusalem Founded (5) The Hyksos (6) Egyptian Conquest (7) Tell el-Amarna Tablets 5. The Israelitsh Invasion 6. Culture 7. Art 8. Commerce 9. Art of W...

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Canaan in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Ham Ge 9:18 Descendants of Ge 10:6,15; 1Ch 1:8,13 -2. Land of Ge 11:31; 17:8; 23:2 Called THE SANCTUARY Ex 15:17 Called PALESTINE Ex 15:14 Called THE LAND OF ISRAEL 1Sa 13:19 Called THE LAND OF THE HEBREWS Ge 40:15 Called THE LAND OF THE JEWS Ac 10:39 Called THE LAND OF PROMISE Heb 11:9 Called THE HOLY LAND Zec 2:12 Ca...

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