Genesis 10:15-19

Genesis 10 :15 -19

Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.

— NIV

Context

The Table of Nations, describing the descendants of Canaan.

Genesis 10:15-19

The descendants of Canaan—the peoples who would inhabit the Promised Land before Israel.

The Canaanite Peoples

This genealogy identifies the various peoples dwelling in Canaan: Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, and others. These are the nations Israel would encounter during the conquest under Joshua, and whose territory would become the Promised Land.