Genesis 10:15

10:15 Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,

Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.


tn Heb “fathered.”

sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.

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.

tn Heb “silver.”

map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

tn Heb “to the sea”