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A grandson of Noah

And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

An historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine
A male given name of biblical origin
{i} ancient region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean; Promised Land (Biblical)
the name for ancient Palestine which, according to the Bible, God promised to Abraham and his people. Because of this, Canaan is also called the Promised Land. Ancient name for an area of shifting boundaries but centred on Palestine. Coastal Canaanite civilization dates to the Paleolithic Period; towns developed in Neolithic times ( 7000-4000 BC). The name appears in writings from the 15th century BC. Invaded by the Hebrews ( 1200 BC), who settled in southern areas, it was later invaded by the Philistines. In the 10th century BC the Israelites, under King David, broke Philistine power, and Canaan became thereafter the Land of Israel, the "Promised Land" of the biblical book of Exodus
An historic region of the Middle East
The Tanak name for the land of Palestine west of the Jordan River, from Egypt in the south to Syria in the north (Gen 10: 19) According to Hebrew tradition, Canaan was the territory promised to Abraham's descendants (Gen 15: 7-21; 17: 1-8) and infiltrated by the Israelite tribes during the thirteenth and twelfth centuries b c e (Num 21; Josh 1-24; Judg 1-2)
The geographical territory between the Mediterranean coast and the Jordan River that was claimed and occupied by the Hebrews; also called the Promised Land See Introduction
   the land infiltrated by the Israelites after the Exodus It was more extensive than biblical Israel Canaanite: an inhabitant of that land
   the land infiltrated by the Israelites after the Exodus It was more extensive than biblical Israel Canaanite: an inhabitant of that land
an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism

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