Genesis 10:15-19

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[15] Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, [16] the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, [17] the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, [18] the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. [19] The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Genesis 10:15-19 mentions Assyria, Babel, Calah, Canaan, Caphtor, Erech, Gaza, Gerar, Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Shinar, Sidon and Zeboiim.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Calah — Calah · Staff Sgt. JoAnn Makinano

Photo of Erech — Erech · SAC Andy Holmes (RAF)