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18 The Arvadites, the Zemarites and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad

19 And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon as one goes to Gerar as far as Gaza, and as one goes to [a]Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20 These are the sons of Ham by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:19 Surely no greater proof is needed of the great antiquity of this portion of Genesis than the fact that it mentions as still standing these four cities of the plain, which were utterly destroyed in Abraham’s time (Gen. 19:27-29; Deut. 29:23).

18 Arvadites,(A) Zemarites and Hamathites.(B)

Later the Canaanite(C) clans scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan(D) reached from Sidon(E) toward Gerar(F) as far as Gaza,(G) and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,(H) as far as Lasha.

20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

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