1 Chronicles 1:13 Meaning and Explanation
“And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Canaan's line begins with his firstborn Zidon and with Heth, father of the Hittites.
What Does 1 Chronicles 1:13 Mean?
The writer turns to Canaan, whose firstborn was Zidon, the city-people of the coast, and whose son Heth fathered the Hittites. These are the first of the peoples who would inhabit the land promised to Abraham's descendants. The naming of Canaan's sons begins to map the very ground Israel was called to enter.
The land was not empty when God pledged it; it was full of peoples with their own cities and histories. Yet the promise to the patriarchs reached across all of them. In tracing Canaan's line, the chronicler quietly sets the stage for the long account of how God gave His people a home among the nations.
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What does 1 Chronicles 1:13 mean?
Canaan's line begins with his firstborn Zidon and with Heth, father of the Hittites.