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Genesis 10:17 KJV
Genesis · chapter 10 · verse 17
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,Genesis 10:17 · King James Version
Genesis 10:17 in context
15And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HiviteChivvîya Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of PalestineH2340 →
- ArkiteʻArqîyan Arkite or inhabitant of ErekH6208 →
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Observe here, 1. The account of the posterity of Canaan, of the families and nations that descended from him, and of the land they possessed, is more particular than of any other in this chapter, because these were the nations that were to be subdued before Israel, and their land was in process of time to become the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-20