Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Person

Canaan

Also called Canaanites, Canaanite

Mentioned in 84 verses across 12 books, first in Zephaniah 2:5. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In these stories

At a glance

Gender: Male

Family

Father

Siblings

Children

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Jacob (Israel)27 verses
God16 verses
Joseph (son of Jacob)7 verses
Abraham7 verses
Esau (Edom)6 verses
Isaac5 verses
Reuben4 verses
Sarah4 verses
Pharaoh (of Joseph)4 verses
Ham4 verses
Gadson of Jacob (Israel)4 verses
Moses3 verses
Jabin (king of Hazor)3 verses
Shem3 verses

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Canaan67 shared verses
Egypt8 shared verses
Jordan7 shared verses
Paddan-aram3 shared verses
Machpelah3 shared verses
Mamre3 shared verses
Shiloh3 shared verses
Negeb2 shared verses
Goshen2 shared verses
Moab2 shared verses
Gilead2 shared verses
Hebron2 shared verses

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Zephaniah, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 2:5
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”

Back to the first 10 Show all 84 verses

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 BC
Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursedGenesis 9:20–27
c. 1451 BC
War with CanaanitesJoshua 4:1–12:24

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).