10:15 Canaan was the father of 1 Sidon his firstborn, 2 Heth, 3
1 tn Heb “fathered.”
2 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
3 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.
4 sn The Hivites were Canaanite tribes of a Hurrian origin.
5 sn The Arkites lived in Arka, a city in Lebanon, north of Sidon.
6 sn The Sinites lived in Sin, another town in Lebanon.