10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, 1 Mizraim, 2 Put, 3 and Canaan. 4
10:15 Canaan was the father of 5 Sidon his firstborn, 6 Heth, 7
1 sn The descendants of Cush settled in Nubia (Ethiopia).
2 sn The descendants of Mizraim settled in Upper and Lower Egypt.
3 sn The descendants of Put settled in Libya.
4 sn The descendants of Canaan lived in the region of Phoenicia (Palestine).
5 tn Heb “fathered.”
6 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
7 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.