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Canaan

The Levant (later the land of Israel) · Old Testament · 88 verses

Canaan is the land west of the Jordan that God promised to Abraham and his descendants. It later became the land of Israel. The name appears in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and 10 more in the King James text.

About Canaan

Canaan is the land west of the Jordan that God promised to Abraham and his descendants. It later became the land of Israel.

Its place in the story

Canaan is the promised land toward which the patriarchs journeyed and which Israel entered after the Exodus and wilderness years. Its cities, hills, and rivers are the setting of much of the Old Testament story.

Canaan in Scripture (KJV)

“And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.”
“And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.”
“And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.”
“And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.”
“God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.”
“And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.”
“And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,”
“And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.”

Canaan is named 88 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The promise of the land to Abraham's offspring runs through the whole Old Testament and is drawn up, in the New Testament, into the larger hope of God's kingdom brought near in Christ.

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Canaan is the land west of the Jordan that God promised to Abraham and his descendants. It later became the land of Israel. The name appears in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and 10 more in the King James text.

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Canaan is the promised land toward which the patriarchs journeyed and which Israel entered after the Exodus and wilderness years. Its cities, hills, and rivers are the setting of much of the Old Testament story.

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