Gen 10:19 | TNotes | STEP | 10:19 The territory of Canaan is specifically marked off because it would be taken from its inhabitants and given to Israel (see 15:18 ; Num 34:2-12 ; Ezek 47:15-20 ; 48:1-28 ). • An ancient north-south seacoast highway (the Via Maris) extended from Sidon ... to Gerar, connecting Egypt to Mesopotamia. • Modern Gaza is 11 miles northwest of Gerar. • Sodom and Gomorrah were cities on the border of the land southeast of the Dead Sea. • Admah and Zeboiim are mentioned 15 times in connection with Sodom and Gomorrah (14:2 , 8 ; Deut 29:23 ; see Hos 11:8 ). All four cities were destroyed by God to cleanse the land (see Gen 19 ). • Lasha was possibly in the northern region of the Dead Sea.

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cNum 34:2-12►

dEzek 47:15-20►

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hDeut 29:23►

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10:19 ^a The territory of Canaan is specifically marked off because it would be taken from its inhabitants and given to Israel (see 15:18 ^b; Num 34:2-12 ^c; Ezek 47:15-20 ^d; 48:1-28 ^e).

• An ancient north-south seacoast highway (the Via Maris) extended from Sidon ... to Gerar, connecting Egypt to Mesopotamia.

• Modern Gaza is 11 miles northwest of Gerar.

• Sodom and Gomorrah were cities on the border of the land southeast of the Dead Sea.

• Admah and Zeboiim are mentioned 15 times in connection with Sodom and Gomorrah (14:2 ^f, 8 ^g; Deut 29:23 ^h; see Hos 11:8 ⁱ). All four cities were destroyed by God to cleanse the land (see Gen 19 ^j).

• Lasha was possibly in the northern region of the Dead Sea.