Genesis 10:16-17

10:16 the Jebusites, ¹  Amorites, ²  Girgashites, ³  10:17 Hivites, ⁴  Arkites, ⁵  Sinites, ⁶ 

Genesis 10:27-28

10:27 Hadoram, Uzal, ⁷  Diklah, ⁸  10:28 Obal, ⁹  Abimael, ¹⁰  Sheba, ¹¹ 

Genesis 15:19-20

15:19 the land ¹²  of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 15:20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

[10:16]  ¹ sn The Jebusites were the Canaanite inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem.

[10:16]  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.

[10:16]  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).

[10:17]  ⁴ sn The Hivites were Canaanite tribes of a Hurrian origin.

[10:17]  ⁵ sn The Arkites lived in Arka, a city in Lebanon, north of Sidon.

[10:17]  ⁶ sn The Sinites lived in Sin, another town in Lebanon.

[10:27]  ⁷ sn Uzal was the name of the old capital of Yemen.

[10:27]  ⁸ sn The name Diklah means “date-palm.”

[10:28]  ¹⁰ sn Obal was a name used for several localities in Yemen.

[10:28]  ¹¹ sn The name Abimael is a genuine Sabean form which means “my father, truly, he is God.”

[10:28]  ¹² sn The descendants of Sheba lived in South Arabia, where the Joktanites were more powerful than the Hamites.

[15:19]  ¹³ tn The words “the land” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.