Genesis 10:15

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“And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,”

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BSBPD

“And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 10:15 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  2. Genesis 23:3Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
  3. Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
  4. Genesis 49:13Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
  5. Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  6. Exodus 34:11Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  7. Numbers 34:2“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
  8. Joshua 11:8and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
  9. Joshua 12:8the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
  10. 1 Samuel 26:6And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
  11. 2 Samuel 11:3So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
  12. 2 Samuel 24:6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
  13. 1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
  14. Isaiah 23:4Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
  15. Ezekiel 27:8The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.

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