Bible Verses About Canaanites

He said, “Cursed be Kena‘an; he will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

Then he said, “Blessed be Adonai, the God of Shem; Kena‘an will be their servant.

May God enlarge Yefet; he will live in the tents of Shem, but Kena‘an will be their servant.”

Kena‘an fathered Tzidon his firstborn, Het,

the Y’vusi, the Emori, the Girgashi,

the Hivi, the ‘Arki, the Sini,

the Arvadi, the Tz’mari and the Hamati. Afterwards, the families of the Kena‘ani were dispersed.

The border of the Kena‘ani was from Tzidon, as you go toward G’rar, to ‘Azah; as you go toward S’dom, ‘Amora, Admah and Tzvoyim, to Lesha.

Avram passed through the land to the place called Sh’khem, to the oak of Moreh. The Kena‘ani were then in the land.

Adonai appeared to Avram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to Adonai, who had appeared to him.

When my angel goes ahead of you and brings you to the Emori, Hitti, P'rizi, Kena'ani, Hivi and Y'vusi, I will make an end of them.

You are not to worship their gods, serve them or follow their practices; rather, you are to demolish them completely and smash their standing-stones to pieces.

for the people of the land have committed all these abominations, and the land is now defiled.

If you make the land unclean, it will vomit you out too, just as it is vomiting out the nation that was there before you.

Then the king of 'Arad, a Kena'ani who lived in the Negev, heard that Isra'el was approaching by way of Atarim, so he attacked Isra'el and took some of them captive.

Isra'el made a vow to ADONAI, "If you will hand this people over to me, I will completely destroy their cities."

ADONAI listened to what Isra'el said and handed over the Kena'anim, so they completely destroyed them and their cities and named the place Hormah [complete destruction].

to give this order to the people of Isra'el: "When you enter the land of Kena'an, it will become your land to pass on as an inheritance, the land of Kena'an as defined by these borders.

"Your southern portion will extend from the Tzin Desert close to the border of Edom. The eastern terminus of your southern border is at the end of the Dead Sea.

From there your border turns, goes south of the 'Akrabbim Ascent and passes on to Tzin. From there it goes south of Kadesh-Barnea, on to Hatzar-Adar, and on to 'Atzmon.

Then the border turns and goes from 'Atzmon to the Vadi of Egypt and along it to the Sea.

"Your western border will be the Great Sea.

"Your northern border will be as follows: from the Great Sea mark a line to Mount Hor,

and from Mount Hor mark a line to the entrance of Hamat. The border goes out to Tz'dad.

Then the border goes to Zifron and finally to Hatzar-'Einan; this is your northern border.