We will cross armed in the Lord’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”

The king of Arad, the Canaanite king who lived in the south of the land of Canaan, heard about the approach of the Israelites.

These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.

The Lord stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.

Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.

He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.

Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed.

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.

“Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,

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.