Canaan
Region / Countryaka Promised Land
The country which derived its name from the preceding. The name as first used by the Phoenicians denoted only the maritime plain on which Sidon was built. But in the time of Moses and Joshua it denoted the whole country to the west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea (Deut. 11:30). In Josh. 5:12 the LXX. read, “land of the Phoenicians,” instead of “land of Canaan.” The name signifies “the lowlands,” as distinguished from the land of Gilead on the east of Jordan, which was a mountainous district. The extent and boundaries of Canaan are fully set forth in different parts of Scripture (Gen. 10:19; 17:8; Num. 13:29; 34:8).
31.6935, 34.8439
Relationships
Events here Judgeship of Jair, Abraham enters Canaan, Abraham and Lot Separate, Subjugation by Cushan-rishathaim, Deliverance by Othniel, Subjugation by Eglon, Deliverance by Ehud, Subjugation by Jabin, Deliverance by Barak And Deborah, Subjugation by Midian, Deliverance by Gideon, Usurpation by Abimelech, Judgeship of Tola, Oppression by Ammon and Philistia, Judgeship of Eli, Deliverance by Jephthah, Judgeship of Ibzan, Philistine Dominion, Judgeship of Elon, Judgeship of Abdon, Judgeship of Samson
Associated peoples Nation of Israel
Key verses
Genesis 17:8
I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Exodus 16:35
The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Leviticus 18:3
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes.
Exodus 15:15
Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.