Person
Canaan
- Attested
- 2346 BC
The fourth son of Ham (Gen. 10:6).
Family & connections
- Parents
- Siblings
- Children
- Visited
Line of descent
12 generations back to God, following the father where one is recorded.
Events
- 2346 BC Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed
- 1451–1444 BC War with Canaanites
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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).
In Scripture
84 verses in 12 books
- Genesis9:18, 22, 25–27; 10:6, 15; 11:31; 16:3; 17:8; 23:2, 19; 28:1, 6, 8; 31:18; 33:18; 35:6; 36:2, 5–6; 37:1; 42:5, 7, 13, 29, 32; 44:8; 45:17, 25; 46:6, 12, 31; 47:1, 4, 13–15; 48:3, 7; 49:30; 50:5, 13
- Exodus6:4; 15:15; 16:35
- Leviticus14:34; 18:3; 25:38
- Numbers13:2, 17; 26:19; 32:30, 32; 33:40, 51; 34:2, 29; 35:10, 14
- Deuteronomy32:49
- Joshua5:1, 12; 14:1; 21:2; 22:9–11, 32; 24:3
- Judges3:1; 4:2, 23–24; 5:19; 21:12
- 1 Chronicles1:8, 13; 16:18
- Isaiah19:18
- Ezekiel16:3, 29
- Zephaniah2:5
- Matthew15:22
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