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Canaan
        (Ca'nan) (low, flat).
        1. The fourth son of Ham, Ge 10:6; 1Ch 1:8 the progenitor of the Phoenicians [ZIDON], and of the various nations who before the Israelite conquest people the seacoast of Israel, and generally the while of the country westward of the Jordan.
        Ge 10:13; 1Ch 1:13 (B.C. 2347.)
        2. The name "Canaan" is sometimes employed for the country itself.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'canaan' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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