Person
Canaan
Also called Canaanites, Canaanite
Mentioned in 84 verses across 12 books, first in Exodus 6:4. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
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In the Bible
All 3 verses in Exodus, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Exodus
- Exodus 6:4
I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
- Exodus 15:15
Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
- Exodus 16:35
The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
Events
Events the dataset lists Canaan as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 2346 BCNoah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed
- c. 1451 BCWar with Canaanites
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
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).