Gen 10:15-18 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 10:15-18: 10:15-18 Sidon settled in Phoenicia, north of Canaan . • Hittites: The Hittites in Genesis were a coalition of cities within Canaan (see 26:34-35 ; 27:46 ; Ezek 16:3 ). They were probably not the same as the Hittites of Anatolia (Asia Minor), whose empire was one of the great empires of antiquity during the patriarchal period. • The Jebusites were ancient inhabitants of Jerusalem (Josh 15:63 ; Judg 19:10-11 ; 2 Sam 5:6-9 ). • The Amorites lived throughout the mountains of Palestine in Canaan (see Gen 15:16 ; 48:22 ; Num 13:29 ; Deut 3:8 ; Josh 10:5 ; Judg 1:35 ; 10:8 ; Ezek 16:3 ). • Little is known of the Girgashites, a Canaanite tribe (Gen 15:21 ; Deut 7:1 ; Josh 3:10 ). • The Hivites were an uncircumcised Canaanite tribe (Gen 34:2 , 13-24 ; Josh 9:1 , 7 ; 11:3 ; Judg 3:3 ; 2 Sam 24:7 ). • The Arkites resided in Tell ’Arqa in Lebanon. • The Sinites formed a city-state and inhabited Phoenicia. • The Arvadites inhabited Ruad in northern Phoenicia, near the El Kebir River. They were known for shipping (cp. Ezek 27:8 ). • The Zemarites inhabited Sumur (modern Sumra), north of Arka on the Phoenician coast. • The Hamathites founded what is now Hama on the Orontes River, the northern boundary of Canaan (see Num 34:8 ; Josh 13:5 ; 2 Sam 8:9-10 ; 1 Kgs 8:65 ; 2 Kgs 14:25-28 ).

Summary for Gen 10:15-18: 10:15-18 ^a Sidon settled in Phoenicia, north of Canaan.

• Hittites: The Hittites in Genesis were a coalition of cities within Canaan (see 26:34-35 ^b; 27:46 ^c; Ezek 16:3 ^d). They were probably not the same as the Hittites of Anatolia (Asia Minor), whose empire was one of the great empires of antiquity during the patriarchal period.

• The Jebusites were ancient inhabitants of Jerusalem (Josh 15:63 ^e; Judg 19:10-11 ^f; 2 Sam 5:6-9 ^g).

• The Amorites lived throughout the mountains of Palestine in Canaan (see Gen 15:16 ^h; 48:22 ⁱ; Num 13:29 ^j; Deut 3:8 ^k; Josh 10:5 ^l; Judg 1:35 ^m; 10:8 ⁿ; Ezek 16:3 ^o).

• Little is known of the Girgashites, a Canaanite tribe (Gen 15:21 ^p; Deut 7:1 ^q; Josh 3:10 ^r).

• The Hivites were an uncircumcised Canaanite tribe (Gen 34:2 ^s, 13-24 ^t; Josh 9:1 ^u, 7 ^v; 11:3 ^w; Judg 3:3 ^x; 2 Sam 24:7 ^y).

• The Arkites resided in Tell ’Arqa in Lebanon.

• The Sinites formed a city-state and inhabited Phoenicia.

• The Arvadites inhabited Ruad in northern Phoenicia, near the El Kebir River. They were known for shipping (cp. Ezek 27:8 ^z).

• The Zemarites inhabited Sumur (modern Sumra), north of Arka on the Phoenician coast.

• The Hamathites founded what is now Hama on the Orontes River, the northern boundary of Canaan (see Num 34:8 ^aa; Josh 13:5 ^ab; 2 Sam 8:9-10 ^ac; 1 Kgs 8:65 ^ad; 2 Kgs 14:25-28 ^ae).