1 sn The Jebusites were the Canaanite inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem.
2 sn Here Amorites refers to smaller groups of Canaanite inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Palestine, rather than the large waves of Amurru, or western Semites, who migrated to the region.
3 sn The Girgashites are an otherwise unknown Canaanite tribe, though the name is possibly mentioned in Ugaritic texts (see G. J. Wenham, Genesis [WBC], 1:226).
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.
7 sn Uzal was the name of the old capital of Yemen.
8 sn The name Diklah means “date-palm.”
10 sn Obal was a name used for several localities in Yemen.
11 sn The name Abimael is a genuine Sabean form which means “my father, truly, he is God.”
12 sn The descendants of Sheba lived in South Arabia, where the Joktanites were more powerful than the Hamites.