So he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers.”

But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.

So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

He also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!”

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac.

So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Now Ham was the father of Canaan.)

I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing – to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

Then she died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.

Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”