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